Re: Pentium Fails Test

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From: Clive Kay
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 00:00

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In article <e63JkFA12nexEw9j@whammer.demon.co.uk>, Colin Wilson
<colin@whammer.demon.co.uk> writes
>My brothers Escom P60 failed the FDIV test while running PC-check.
>I assume this is the famous floating point test that proved that early
>Pentium chips couldn't count.
>How will this affect performance of the system?
>Is it anything to worry about?
>Can anything be done about it?
>                                Thanx in advance,
>                                
>                                Col.
Intel if you phone them will exchange the chip although I havent come
across an application that caused a problem with these.
-- 
Clive Kay

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