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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in3.uu.net!206.154.70.8!news.webspan.net!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!firehose.mindspring.com!news.mindspring.com!usenet From: mcasc@*nospam*mindspring.com (Mark Boyd) 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: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 04:34:10 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Lines: 21 Message-ID: <33b1f0c4.7825078@news.mindspring.com> References: <5onjjm$6gj$1@news.indy.net> <33B0396C.1DD7@aberdeeninc.com> <33B19639.47A9@hknet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ip221.phoenix2.az.pub-ip.psi.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server-Date: 26 Jun 1997 04:32:59 GMT X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.01/32.397 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus:46585 comp.periphs:22805 comp.periphs.scsi:80800 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43529 alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.tyan:17995 alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.supermicro:7095 On Wed, 25 Jun 1997 15:05:45 -0700, Larry Leung <kclleung@hknet.com> 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 ? Hey Larry, this is just my opinion, but... Sounds like this is very fishy. I would come up with as many questions as possibly, to try and verify why they're selling a "premium" chip at such a low price. Chances are though, if it looks or sounds to good it probably is... buyer beware! --- Mark Boyd --- Remove the "*nospam*" string from my e-mail address if you want to send e-mail to me. ---