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  1. Xref: sparky comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:36821 comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard:7157 news.groups:26064
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  4. From: dmsilev@athena.mit.edu (Daniel M Silevitch)
  5. Subject: Re: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
  6. Message-ID: <1993Jan22.124855.4289@athena.mit.edu>
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  9. Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  10. References: <1993Jan21.131523.10196@spider.co.uk> <1993Jan21.141858.24970@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <93021.123116SRK106@psuvm.psu.edu> <1jmrn2INN9ck@fido.asd.sgi.com>
  11. Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 12:48:55 GMT
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  13.  
  14. In article <1jmrn2INN9ck@fido.asd.sgi.com>, autry@sgi.com (Larry Autry) writes:
  15. |> In article <93021.123116SRK106@psuvm.psu.edu> SRK106@psuvm.psu.edu (Senthil Ramas Kumar) writes:
  16. |> >
  17. |> >I very much agree with you that the term "x86", does not lend it nicely to
  18. |> >suit the description that we are looking for.  Further, as a previous poster
  19. |> >had pointed out its a little technical in nature, and it _could_ be obscure
  20. |> >to people, especially those who are new to the area of interest.
  21. |> >
  22. |> >but, I somehow feel that just keeping "pc" instead of "ibm.pc" is too
  23. |> >generic, and can be very confusing to people.
  24. |> >
  25. |> >Kumar
  26. |> What about comp.sys.intel.*.  Is there something wrong with that?
  27. |> 
  28. |> --
  29. |> Larry Autry
  30. |> Silicon Graphics, St. Louis
  31. |> autry@sgi.com 
  32.  
  33. What about pc clones using AMD 386 and 486 processors? ibm.pc, or perhaps
  34. ibm.pc-clone is better.
  35.  
  36. Daniel Silevitch                            dmsilev@athena.mit.edu
  37. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  38.