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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
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Subject: Re: A3000UX academic pricing (was Re: A3000UX at UniForum?)
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Date: 9 Feb 91 07:32:38 GMT
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In article <43922@ut-emx.uucp> greg@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Greg Harp) writes:
>In article <1991Feb8.180341.22098@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu
>  (Ethan Solomita) writes:
>>	The NeXT has a final version of the 040. NeXT is the only
>>company currently receiving the 040 because they did all the
>>debugging for Motorola, kinda an inside deal. If there are any
>>bugs in it, they will be in everyone's.
>
>Uh, no offense, but I have it from a Motorola person (here in Austin were the
>040 _is_) that there are still bugs in the chip.  Apparently its possible to
>take an 040 NeXT down in flames with some pretty simple floating-point math.
>I'm not talking a core dump or segmentation fault.  I'm talking Ka-BOOM.
>Maybe I'll test that if I get access to one [ :-) ].
>
>If I was going to buy a NeXT, I'd wait until Motorola starts shipping in 
>volume.  They're really strict about releasing working chips.  Have you ever
>wondered why they would hold out on shipping volume amounts of the 040 when
>everyone-and-their-dog wants one?  Makes ya think about it, eh?
>
	Greg, Motorola IS shipping 040s in volume. They began
volume sales, as was announced here and in many places, over a
month ago. I've seen the press-release. Nowhere did I say the 040
was bug-free! I simply said that the bugs that are left are left
for everyone.

>>	-- Ethan
>
>Greg
>
>-- 
>-------Greg-Harp-------greg@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu-------s609@cs.utexas.edu-------
>"Confutatis maledictus                "When the accursed have been counfounded
> Flammis acribus addictis,          == And given over to the bitter flames,
> Voca me cum benedictis." -- Mozart    Call me with the blessed."


	-- Ethan


Q:	What's the definition of a Quayle?

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