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From: peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: simulation & the i386 bug
Message-ID: <472@sugar.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 5-Aug-87 22:12:16 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug  5 22:12:16 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 9-Aug-87 11:09:31 EDT
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Summary: The bug is tricky
Xref: mnetor comp.arch:1778 comp.sys.intel:323

> 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.

Except that the bug is voltage, temperature, and frequency dependent. You
might have the bug some times and not others, depending on how many
cards you have plugged in, whether you're running in 6 MHZ compatibility
mode, and whether it's summer or winter. If the answer is right, you
may not have the bug...
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-- Peter da Silva `-_-' ...!seismo!soma!uhnix1!sugar!peter (I said, NO PHOTOS!)