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From: wes@obie.UUCP (Barnacle Wes)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: FP PROBLEM RESOLUTION
Summary: No, Compaq isn't immune to the erratum 21 bug!
Message-ID: <110@obie.UUCP>
Date: 23 Jul 88 12:51:18 GMT
References: <2432@inco.UUCP>
Organization: the Well of Souls
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In article <2432@inco.UUCP>, mack@inco.UUCP (Dave Mack) writes:
% >From uucp Tue Jul 19 09:01 EDT 1988
% >From csmunix.larc.nasa.gov!whg  Mon Jul 18 22:43:11 1988 remote from uunet
% To: bill%bts.uucp
% Subject: More on Erratum 21
% 
% [Discussion about problems compiling floating point code with cc on
% Microport System V/386]...
% 
%      Erratum 21 is an occasionally discussed bug in the 80386 that occurs
% sometimes during floating point operations when paging is also occuring.
% Intel has said that they have plans to fix this bug but I'm not sure if
% that has happened yet. Some motherboard manufacturers (but not yours
% or mine) have included circuitry on the board to work around the problem.
% I think maybe the Compaq 386/20 is immune from this problem.

Nope, the Compaq isn't immune to this bug.  SCO got stung by this one
with Xenix V/386 - they were recommending the 386/20 as THE platform to
run Xenix V/386 on, and they were dying all over the place.  Everyone
was blaming SCO, and of course, it wasn't their fault.  Thanks, Intel.

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