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On Tue, 15 Apr 1997, derelict wrote: > > On 16-Apr-97 Randy Whittle wrote: > >At 12:13 PM 4/15/97 -0700, Don Perley wrote: > [snip] > >> > >>I guess that means we can kiss off any notion of alternate CPU's > >>like PPC, Cyrex, AMD. > > > > You didn't seriously think IBM was going to use anything but, did you? > > > > They're a premium brand--they'll use premium brand parts. The only > >exception to Intel chips in the ThinkPad line was IBM's own > >licensed-from-Intel chip > > Didn't the 8xx thinkpads have PPC processors and run Unix? Yes, and they still do. But to my knowledge, the TP860 is concidered as part of the RS/6000 series, and not the PC's. CU -- LArs Evensen, Overordnet TillitsValgt (OTV) ved FIM, NTNU E.B.Schieldrops Vei 11-16 E-mail : larsev@fm.unit.no 7033 Trondheim WWW : http://www.fm.unit.no/~larsev/ Norway Phone : + 47 - 73 88 89 01