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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 16:14:36 EST
- From: Matthew E. Bernold <MEB117@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Message-ID: <93021.161436MEB117@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard,news.groups
- Subject: Re: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- References: <1993Jan21.131523.10196@spider.co.uk>
- <1993Jan21.141858.24970@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- In article <1jmrn2INN9ck@fido.asd.sgi.com>, autry@sgi.com (Larry Autry) says:
- >
- >In article <93021.123116SRK106@psuvm.psu.edu> SRK106@psuvm.psu.edu (Senthil
- >Ramas Kumar) writes:
- >>
- >>I very much agree with you that the term "x86", does not lend it nicely to
- >>suit the description that we are looking for. Further, as a previous poster
- >>had pointed out its a little technical in nature, and it _could_ be obscure
- >>to people, especially those who are new to the area of interest.
- >>
- >>but, I somehow feel that just keeping "pc" instead of "ibm.pc" is too
- >>generic, and can be very confusing to people.
- >>
- >>Kumar
- >What about comp.sys.intel.*. Is there something wrong with that?
- >
- >--
- >Larry Autry
- >Silicon Graphics, St. Louis
- >autry@sgi.com
-
- Only problem with this is that Intel makes more than just it's 80x86 line, and
- also that some people have computers with NEC chips (v20 and v30) or have
- AMD chips (286, 386 and soon 486) or Cyrix or C&T or whatever. It's not just
- Intel anymore, just like it's not just IBM that makes the machines.
-
- I do, however, like the idea of using pc-clone, as suggested in a previous
- post, but then again that'll make people owning IBMs (the TRUE pc) think
- they're being left out. Don't know what kind of compromise to make, but
- I can think of plenty of holes to shoot in other suggestions, so keep 'em
- comming.... :-)
-
- Matthew E. Bernold MEB117@PSUVM.PSU.EDU
- <<APOCALYPSE>> meb@haydn.psu.edu
-