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 Message 622 
 Gaylen Hintz to Charles Stephenson 
 TS 1000 
 17 Jun 19 18:03:22 
 
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-=> Charles Stephenson spoke thus to Gaylen Hintz <=-

 GH> wow factor was  something else. :)  Computer and processor speeds doubled
 GH> every other year :)

 CS> Yeah, and we had Intel, AMD, Motorola making CPU's! (Can't remember,
 CS> was there fourth? Can't remember)  There was faster CPU upgrades than
 CS> hard drive sizes for a short time! That was a fun era!

 Indeed it was.  I don't remember if there was another cpu manufacturer and 
I'm
sure Ziglog had quit making chips quite awhile before that time. 

... At Intel, Quality is Job .99998366401

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