Re: Intel bugs / bugged by Intel :-(

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From: Kaleb Keithley
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 1990 21:39

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In article <13056@encore.Encore.COM> jcallen@encore.Com (Jerry Callen) writes:
>In article <JSP.90Oct25155458@glia.u.washington.edu> jsp@glia.u.washington.edu (Jeff Prothero) writes:
>>
>> [A very reasonable complaint about a bug in an 80386 costing a week of
>>  work, and, to rub salt in the wounds, Intel considers the bug list 
>>  proprietary information.]
>
>>This policy strikes me as reprehensible and downright stupid.
>

While we're on the topic, what about 486 bugs.  I have a B5 486; any
known bugs in it.  Does any manufacturer have a "recall" policy where
they replace your cpu at a price substantially lower than retail.

-- 
Kaleb Keithley                      Jet Propulsion Labs
kaleb@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov

causing trouble again.

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From: kaleb@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov (Kaleb Keithley )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: Intel bugs / bugged by Intel :-(
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Date: 26 Oct 90 21:39:04 GMT
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