26 Jan
2004
26 Jan
'04
4:07 a.m.
On Sun, 25 Jan 2004, William Maddox wrote:
Why do people value the Straight-8 so much when the
8/E was the pinnacle
of the family in terms of the kind of system it would support?
Because it looks MUCH prettier (look at all those Flip Chip modules; it
looks just like a "Giant Brain"), and it was the first. Plus it's much
rarer than the 8/e.
Certainly, if you just want to run an 8, you'd be
best advised to avoid
the Straight 8.
Sure, but for cool factor, the straight-8 wins hands down.
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