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From: tedm@agora.rdrop.com
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux..misc,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Triton II/III Motherboards
Date: 4 Nov 1996 06:38:52 GMT
Organization: Symantec Corp.
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In <327D1F8C.2D7B51C0@lambert.org>, Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> writes:
>Stephen Knilans wrote: 
>] He's right!  There IS no triton III!  The market name is
>] TRITONII!  The OFFICIAL name is 430HX or 430VX!  SOME have
>] decided to name one Triton III, and you really DON'T KNOW
>] which!  Go ahead, and buy the Triton III without asking.
>] You'll PROBABLY get the VX, but MAY get the HX!
>
>
>TRITON
>TRITON II	430HX
>TRITON III	430VX
>
>Intel does not make this disctinction because they don't want
>end users being selective about which hardware they get.  While

No, the reason that Intel doesen't use this name is because their lawyers have
advised them that it would be impossible to copyright.

I called Intel several months ago doing research on an article I'm writing, and 
talked to one of their marketing people about this subject.  They told me that
the Triton name is meaningless, that anyone can slap Triton on a motherboard
and get away with it.  They used the Triton name early in the chipset's
development as a beta code name, unfortunately it got away from them and
got leaked out.

I asked about the Triton chipset that didn't support parity memory, the 430FX,
and they said that this was no longer in production - that the HX and VX 
support parity memory.  However, motherboard manufacturers can choose to not
support it.