Xref: utzoo comp.arch:12146 comp.sys.intel:979 comp.sys.ibm.pc:37304 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!luth!sunic!mcsun!hp4nl!philapd!ssp1!dolf From: dolf@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (Dolf Grunbauer) Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.sys.intel,comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Compaq find problem with chip Message-ID: <443@ssp1.idca.tds.philips.nl> Date: 31 Oct 89 09:53:47 GMT References: <2719@ganymede.inmos.co.uk> <2725@ganymede.inmos.co.uk> <2591@munnari.oz.au> Organization: Philips Telecommunication and Data Systems, The Netherlands Lines: 12 >In article <2725@ganymede.inmos.co.uk>, des@yatton.inmos.co.uk (David Shepherd) writes: > Brief summary: Compaq announced that it had found problem with fpu on > an Intel chip it is using in its new generation PCs. What is the actual problem ? What chips 80486 and/or 80487 ? Could someone give more details or did they only say there is a problem and not what the precise problem is ? -- Dolf Grunbauer Tel: +31 55 433233 Internet dolf@idca.tds.philips.nl Philips Telecommunication and Data Systems UUCP ....!mcvax!philapd!dolf Dept. SSP, P.O. Box 245, 7300 AE Apeldoorn, The Netherlands --> Holland is only 1/6 of the Netherlands <--