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From: keithe@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 80386 versus 80387
Keywords: 80386, 80387, 80287
Message-ID: <5201@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM>
Date: 21 May 89 21:31:07 GMT
References: <1427@uw-entropy.ms.washington.edu> <9712@dasys1.UUCP>
Reply-To: keithe@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson)
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.
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In article <9712@dasys1.UUCP> schuster@dasys1.UUCP (Michael Schuster) writes:
<There are patches for the Unix software, but the hardware fix was put out
<by Intel long ago. It involves adding a PAL to the motherboard which
<settles the DMA/387 conflict by giving one of them priority.
<
<Intel claims this was much publicised, and that any responsible board maker
						 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
<will have incorporated a hardware fix. Interestingly, the Intel iSBC-386
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
<and Inboard/386 boards seem to have the MOST PROBLEM with this bug :-)
<

Our recently-received INTEL 302 box (386/25MHz), which had been "returned
for re-grooving" (i.e., it's a replacement for an early, early version) was
received with a non-D-step part in it.  Crashamundo!

The Everex STEP/25's we've received DO have D-step parts.

kEITHe