Re: units

["Daniel L. MacIsaac" <Dan.MacIsaac@nau.edu>]

Actually, early Pentium II's had mathematical difficulties.  If you get an
offer on an early production chip, be suspicious.  Intel has donated 
flawed CPUs to two universities I have worked for.

Exact details of how to spot the baddies can be located on the web.

Dan M

> We can only hope that this chip (and all of its faster siblings) can do
> accurate floating point math (unlike some of their predecessors).
>
>
> On Fri, 22 Aug 1997, ALx. F. Burr wrote:
>
> > Quote from latest issue of Information Week.
> > -
> > "... use 166-MHz Pentium chips that consume 2.5 volts of power."
>
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