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From: fortin@zap.uniforum.qc.ca (Denis Fortin)
Subject: Re: Question: First Co to use Intel 386; What is COW?
References: <299tfjINNl0o@angola.ai.cs.yale.edu> <29cto1$sor@scratchy.reed.edu>
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Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1993 09:50:36 GMT
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In article <29cto1$sor@scratchy.reed.edu>,
Crazed Sterno Bum <especkma@reed.edu> wrote:
>I don't think Dell was even arround when the 386 debuted.
>I am pretty sure that it was Compaq.

Yes, it was Compaq that introduced the first '386-based PC.  (Which was
considered quite a coup at the time.)
--
Denis Fortin, fortin@zap.uniforum.qc.ca