[24618] in Cypherpunks
Re: Pentium FDIV
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dr. D.C. Williams)
Thu Dec 29 16:45:35 1994
From: "Dr. D.C. Williams" <dcwill@python.ee.unr.edu>
To: bshantz@spry.com, cypherpunks@toad.com
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 1994 13:32:24 -0800 (PST)
Cc: dcwill@python.ee.unr.edu (Dr. D.C. Williams, P.E.)
In-Reply-To: <199412291643.IAA25785@homer.spry.com> from "bshantz@spry.com" at Dec 29, 94 08:43:35 am
> Also, does anyone have the "test" that was floating around the net and in
> various newspapers a few weeks to see if your machine has the FDIV problem. I
> lost the little "post-it note" I had it written on. Since then, I haven't
> been able to reproduce it. (Either the bug went away, or I entered the wrong
> numbers. **GRIN**)
This is from the djgpp (DOS port of gcc) mailinmg list, posted by the
author of said port himself. It's short enought to post and might be
helpful to some. Flames will be forwarded to postmaster@intel.com.
=D.C. Williams <dcwill@ee.unr.edu>
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Subject: Intel recalls Pentium
Status: RO
CNN reported this weekend that Intel has announced that they will
replace ALL defective Pentium(tm) processors, no questions asked. To
determine if your Pentium(tm) is devective, run the attached MS-DOS
program FDIVBUG1.COM (source included also). It will tell you if you
have the bug and where to call for a replacement if needed.
DJ
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