Date   : Thu, 05 Apr 1990 03:49:43 GMT
From   : bu.edu!xylogics!world!madd@purdue.edu (jim frost)
Subject: Non-Intel Bashing...

JSHIN@HAMPVMS.BITNET ("No, me?") writes:
>Aside from the compatibility, there is no reason why ANYONE should be
>*%&('ing using any of Intel's higher-level processors.

I still smile when I think of what the Intel salesperson must have
said when the order came in:

Sales: "Hello?"
IBM:   "We'd like to order some 8088 processors."
Sales: "Oh, the Coke Machine processor.  Sure, how many?"
IBM:   "Ten million."
Sales: "Ten million Coke Machine processors?  How many Coke Machines
        are you planning to build, anyway?"
IBM:   "We're not.  We're going to make a personal computer out of
        them."
Sales: "Out of a COKE MACHINE processor?  Whatever.  They'll be there
        next week."

jim frost
saber software
jimf@saber.com