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Article #2912Re: Compaq find problem with chip
From: Scott Amspoker
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 1989 16:15
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 1989 16:15
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In article <63979@psuecl.bitnet> c9h@psuecl.bitnet writes: >In article <2800@ganymede.inmos.co.uk>, conor@inmos.co.uk (Conor O'Neill) writes: >> [Intel announces that mysterious 486 bug has been fixed] >> >> As usual, not enough information for anyone to use. > >Not enough information? What the Hell do you want? They offered to replace >the chips, for Christ's sake! Jesus! Some people are never satisfied! I agree with Conor. I want to know exactly what the problem was. It is not enough that Intel will ship new 486 chips. When I have a customer on the phone complaining about a bug in our software I want to recognize the symptoms of an early 486 that somehow did not get updated. -- Scott Amspoker Basis International, Albuquerque, NM (505) 345-5232 unmvax.cs.unm.edu!bbx!bbxsda!scott
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!bbx!bbxsda!scott From: scott@bbxsda.UUCP (Scott Amspoker) Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.sys.intel,comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Compaq find problem with chip Message-ID: <326@bbxsda.UUCP> Date: 7 Nov 89 16:15:24 GMT References: <2719@ganymede.inmos.co.uk> <2725@ganymede.inmos.co.uk> <2800@ganymede.inmos.co.uk> <63979@psuecl.bitnet> Reply-To: scott@bbxsda.UUCP (Scott Amspoker) Organization: Basis International, Albuquerque, NM Lines: 19