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Article #8186Re: does anyone know if any i486 have bugs?
From: Floyd Miller
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1991 23:19
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1991 23:19
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In article <1991Mar7.114128.14955@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
antonyc@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Antony Chan) writes:
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> i seem to recall hearing about some of the i486's having
> problems. does anybody remember which serial numbers
> they were and what the problem was, or am i going
...
I don't know about bugs in the i486, per se, but I have run
into some software that crashes on a 386 if there's a 387
co-processor present. The save programs crash on a 486 and
the floating point hardware can't be removed from the 486.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!emory!gatech!udel!burdvax!starsend!floyd From: floyd@starsend.UUCP (Floyd Miller) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: does anyone know if any i486 have bugs? Message-ID: <0053@starsend.UUCP> Date: 8 Mar 91 23:19:43 GMT References: <1991Mar7.114128.14955@nntp-server.caltech.edu> Reply-To: floyd@starsend.UUCP (Floyd Miller) Organization: Woodward McCoach, Inc. Lines: 20