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Via Making CPU's?

Discussion in 'Processors and Motherboards' started by cfitzarl, Feb 20, 2007.

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  1. kitty500cat Newcomer, in training Posts: 2,407   +6

    Not to be disagreeable, but I thought that the plural of words is made by adding s or whatever, but I didn't think apostrophes were ever used in plurals. Or is it just that way for acronyms?
    kitty500cat, Feb 21, 2007
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  2. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces Posts: 4,916   +9

    Apostrophes are used in plural forms of letters that appear in lowercase (a's and b's, for example).

    Possessive nouns are a different topic (and this is already off-topic enough).
    Mictlantecuhtli, Feb 22, 2007
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  3. Sharkfood TechSpot Guru Posts: 1,192

    You DO know VIA was formerly Cyrix (the former 3rd maker of x86 CPU's back in the 286/386/486 days)?

    So yes.. they have a long history of making CPU's... just got a bit whacked when going against the x86 giants to market.
    Sharkfood, Feb 22, 2007
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  4. wolfram TechSpot Paladin Posts: 2,605   +9

    I didn't know that. I still have around here a 233 Mhz Cyrix M2 I think... :)
    wolfram, Feb 22, 2007
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  5. cfitzarl TechSpot Chancellor Posts: 2,521   +9

    ...and I still don't understand Mac's old classification system...
    cfitzarl, Feb 22, 2007
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  6. kitty500cat Newcomer, in training Posts: 2,407   +6

    I hadn't known of the connection between VIA and Cyrix either.

    I wondered how I hadn't seen that before, cuz I had read a bunch of Wikipedia's article on Cyrix, so I looked it up. Just a clarification: I think somebody acquired Cyrix, and then VIA bought out their Cyrix division. I think I still have an old 120 MHz Cyrix, but I need to find a working motherboard.
    kitty500cat, Feb 22, 2007
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  7. wolfram TechSpot Paladin Posts: 2,605   +9

    I have a working super socket 7 mobo :) Very old, but still works. Actually, I just rebuilt a 233 Cyrix machine ;)
    wolfram, Feb 22, 2007
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