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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!minotaur.labyrinth.net.au!news.melbpc.org.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!vbcnet-west!bulb.garlic.com!news.scruz.net!kithrup.com!news.Stanford.EDU!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.nacamar.de!howland.erols.net!newshub2.home.com!news.home.com!news-master!news From: Aberdeen - Dennis Levenson <DennisL@aberdeeninc.com> Newsgroups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,comp.periphs,comp.periphs.scsi,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.tyan,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.supermicro,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.octek,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.m-tech Subject: Re: PPro 200MHz 256k Cache just USD$378!!! Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 17:16:35 -0700 Organization: Aberdeen, Inc. Lines: 27 Message-ID: <33B1B4E3.5D8F@aberdeeninc.com> References: <5onjjm$6gj$1@news.indy.net> <33B0396C.1DD7@aberdeeninc.com> <33B19639.47A9@hknet.com> Reply-To: DennisL@aberdeeninc.com NNTP-Posting-Host: ts056d10.lax-ca.concentric.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (Win95; I) To: Larry Leung <kclleung@hknet.com> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus:46578 comp.periphs:22802 comp.periphs.scsi:80787 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43520 alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.tyan:17994 alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.supermicro:7094 This would be known as the "black market".. i.e. stolen or remarked. That price is more in line with Pentium Pro 180 mHz. Either that, or they just want to get them out of their inventory before Intel announces their price drop at the end of July. Just my $0.02 Dennis Levenson HTTP://www.aberdeeninc.com 800-552-6868 ext. 141 Larry Leung wrote: > > Dear All, > > I saw PPro 200Mhz (256kCache) CPU's for sale at HK$2930 (US$378) at a > shop. They said they are OEM CPU's, brand new, with a 7-day take-back > guarantee. Kind of dubious, anyone ? > > Larry -- Dennis Levenson Corporate & Government Sales HTTP://www.aberdeeninc.com 800-552-6868 ext. 141