Re: Intel names P6 "Pentium Pro", not "Pentium2"

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From: mz0... Michael A Zingale
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1995 00:00

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In <43rov0$7...@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> mcar...@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Michael Carmack) writes:

>DOYAMA  JASON (doy...@ecf.toronto.edu) wrote:

>: My personal theory is that they didn't want to give a new name to the 
>: Pentium because it runs 16-bit application slower.

>I think they just didn't have any good names to choose from.  If the P5 is
>the "Pentium", the P6 would either be the "Hextium" (sounds dumb) or the
>"Sextium" (I don't think anyone's surprised that this one never got off
>the drawing board).

>I personally think that Pentium-*anything* is inappropriate for the P6. 
>It's a new chip, not a new version of the Pentium.
>-- 
>========================================================================
>"In sports, it's not who wins or loses;       |  Mike Carmack
> it's how drunk you get."                     |  mcarmack@freenet.
>                        - Homer Simpson       |           columbus.oh.us
I think that part of their decision was because they've invested so much
money in promoting the pentium name, that they didn't want to dump it.

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From: mz0...@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Michael A Zingale)
Subject: Re: Intel names P6 "Pentium Pro", not "Pentium2"
Date: 1995/09/23
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