Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ucbvax!info-vax From: info-vax@ucbvax.ARPA Newsgroups: fa.info-vax Subject: V4 manditory patch Message-ID: <6346@ucbvax.ARPA> Date: Thu, 18-Apr-85 00:21:11 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.6346 Posted: Thu Apr 18 00:21:11 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Apr-85 08:22:13 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.ARPA Organization: University of California at Berkeley Lines: 16 From: Tony Li From: LEICHTER To: TENCATI at JPL-VLSI cc: info-vax at sri-kl What happens if I don't do it? Depends on your processor. 780's have been known to overheat. There are reports that 785's, which use faster technologies, can explode. No one has dared to try this on a 8600. Smaller VAXes, you should be ok on. Not quite... On a 750 without the Mandatory Update, your cache is disabled, and you go S L O W. Sigh. ;-)