Date: Sun, 9 Nov 1997 11:43:04 -0800 (PST) From: "Jamil J. Weatherbee" <jamil@trojanhorse.ml.org> To: Alfred Perlstein <perlsta@cs.sunyit.edu> Cc: Atipa <freebsd@atipa.com>, Charles Mott <cmott@srv.net>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IDT processors? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971109114246.1431A-100000@trojanhorse.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971109122904.18731A-100000@server.local.sunyit.edu>
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ALPHA, get that freebsd port done! On Sun, 9 Nov 1997, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > intel stinks, period. > First the Pentium FPU bug, then the PII and PPro FPU bug (anyone besides > me know about this?) and now any server out there running shell is > vulnerable to DOS from some dumbass with gcc and the ability to paste from > a webpage into thier telnet terminal? > > AMD has a bug with systems with greater than 64 megs of ram > With Cyrix chips you're lucky if the damn thing doesn't smolder through > your motherboard. > > plus with the baby wintels they just dfon't have enough testing behind > them to see if they have any esoteric bugs like the pentium or worse. > > sorry for the rant, anyone know where can get a bug free chip? someone > has to be making them... :) > > -Alfred > > > > > What/Who is IDT? I heard about some So. CA startup company using the > > SGS/Thompson Fab. Is that them? > > > > I really doubt the contingent that is affected by this bug would be > > likely to trust a no-name chip. The whole point is reliability... > > > > I would not put mission critial servers on AMD K6 or any Cyrix. There is > > no vestal virgin in the X86 market. Intel is still the best of the bunch > > for reliability. <Note to self: Raise flame shields, now!> > > > > Kevin > > > >
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