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From: tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: simulation & the i386 bug
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Date: Thu, 30-Jul-87 18:41:07 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 30 18:41:07 1987
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In article <376@astroatc.UUCP> johnw@astroatc.UUCP (John F. Wardale) writes:
< Does anyone REALLY KNOW, or is the world in as much darkness as I am?
< Should I request the "test/demo" program and try to grok it?  (I don't
< speak Intel assembler, but this may be the only way!)

It won't be too hard to grok.  I have seen the program.  I deleted my copy
after determining that all 386s I use don't have the problem, so I can't
get you the actual numbers, but the program was very simple.

It just multiplied two specific numbers and looked at the answer.  If the
answer was wrong, it printed a message telling you that you have the
bug.  If the answer was right, then you didn't have the bug.
-- 
Tim Smith, Knowledgian		{sdcrdcf,seismo}!ism780c!tim