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Article #154Check YOUR 240 for problems!
From: pniy
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 15:52
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 15:52
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Source and executables (remember to use binary on ftp transfers) for a simple program to check whether your DEC5000/240 has serious problems with double precision computations is now available for anonymous ftp at vivace.msd.anl.gov (130.202.76.9) in pub/DECproblem. The executables were compiled with cc version 2.1 and f77 version 3.2. To use it: run "testr > output" and "testr > output2" and then do a diff of output and output2 - if they are identical your machine is ok (at least it doesn't have the problem ours has). If they are different, try just running testr2 - it should always give the same output. Then call your DEC hotline. I have already had one report of a machine with similar problems which passed the "testr" test, but they may have used a different compiler. Arthur Smith
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!newsstand.cit.cornell.edu!vax5.cit.cornell.edu!pniy From: pniy@vax5.cit.cornell.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: Check YOUR 240 for problems! Message-ID: <1992Jul27.115252.14054@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> Date: 27 Jul 92 11:52:52 EDT Distribution: comp Organization: Cornell University Lines: 18