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To: kpf who wrote (240302)	9/11/2007 10:09:04 PM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

Re: What would this be good for? So you could tell if there really was such a thing as a bad chip. For example: /***********************************************************/ Q1: How can a user check a Pentium machine for the presence of the bug? /************************************************************/ Perform Coe's calculation (see Question 5 below). That is, carry out the following division problem: 4195835.0/3145727.0 = 1.333 820 449 136 241 000 (Correct value) 4195835.0/3145727.0 = 1.333 739 068 902 037 589 (Flawed Pentium) The division can be done in BASIC, in a spreadsheet (such as Quattro Pro, Excel, or Microsoft Works), in the Microsoft Windows calculator, or in some other programming language such as Pascal, C, or Fortran