Re: Larger Amount of Celery

[Al Hudson <nospam [at] york.ac.uk>]

On Sun, 13 Jun 1999, Paul Sims wrote:

> Sort of begs the question, has Intel got the marketing right, flogging all
> the Socket 370 chips which people just plug straight into Slot 1 boards.
> Perhaps making them Super Socket 7 compatible would have been better - for
> Intel - to fight AMD on home ground. Nothing like a technological cul-de-sac
> to give some imperitive to the opposition.
>
> Any bets on Socket 370 being around at Crimbo ?

Word is Intel are going to drop the slot format soon anyway - all the new
packages that have been doing the rounds are based on a new socket format
from what I've heard.

Cheers,

Alex.

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