Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!thyme!kaleb From: kaleb@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov (Kaleb Keithley ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel Subject: Re: Intel bugs / bugged by Intel :-( Message-ID: <1990Oct26.213904.3585@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov> Date: 26 Oct 90 21:39:04 GMT References: <13056@encore.Encore.COM> Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA Lines: 19 In article <13056@encore.Encore.COM> jcallen@encore.Com (Jerry Callen) writes: >In article jsp@glia.u.washington.edu (Jeff Prothero) writes: >> >> [A very reasonable complaint about a bug in an 80386 costing a week of >> work, and, to rub salt in the wounds, Intel considers the bug list >> proprietary information.] > >>This policy strikes me as reprehensible and downright stupid. > While we're on the topic, what about 486 bugs. I have a B5 486; any known bugs in it. Does any manufacturer have a "recall" policy where they replace your cpu at a price substantially lower than retail. -- Kaleb Keithley Jet Propulsion Labs kaleb@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov causing trouble again.