Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!pcrat!rick
From: rick@pcrat.UUCP (Rick Richardson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: FP PROBLEM RESOLUTION
Message-ID: <547@pcrat.UUCP>
Date: 5 Aug 88 21:27:17 GMT
References: <2432@inco.UUCP> <543@olgb1.oliv.co.uk> <1542@qiclab.UUCP>
Reply-To: rick@pcrat.UUCP (Rick Richardson)
Organization: PC Research, Inc., Tinton Falls, NJ
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In article <1542@qiclab.UUCP> neighorn@qiclab.UUCP (Steve Neighorn) writes:
>
>If you don't have a 80387, or have a D step 80386, the patch doesn't
>need to be applied.
>-- 
>Steven C. Neighorn            !tektronix!{psu-cs,reed,ogcvax}!qiclab!neighorn
>Intel Corporation            "Where we BUILD the Star Fighters that defend the
>Development Tools Operation      frontier against Xur and the Ko-dan Armada"
						^
				Of course, you just build 'em.  Us customers
				do the TESTING!!!!!!

So, Steve, what is the procedure for us to trade in our bogus 80386's for
a D step 386?  Sure, maybe this one can be fixed in software, if we
upgrade (at our cost!).  And what kind of performance hit do we take.


This is Intel's botch.  Intel should fix it.



-- 
		Rick Richardson, PC Research, Inc.

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