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To: Ali Chen who wrote (25734)	11/9/1997 11:42:00 PM
From: Investor A	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1579697

This is not a secret any more. Loser technology and constant illegal copying will lead to inferior CPUs with bugs. ======================================== from chip newsgroup In article <6451ih$j1m@nnews.vitinc.com>, duster <duster@vutinc.com> wrote: >I have a K6 233, but it only runs Win95. I also have an am5x86 >running Win95, and Linux 4.2(which I just installed last night). >Gow do I test for this bug? Under W95: open a DOS prompt, start debug, and at the '-' prompt, type: a<Enter> db f0,0f,c7,c8<Enter> <Enter> g<Enter> Under Linux, compile and run the following C program (with optimization, "gcc -O"): void main() { __asm__(".long 0xc8c70ff0"); } Both OSs should report an illegal instruction if your CPU is up to spec, and lock hard if it has the bug. But my K6-233 is fine... Cedric. ================================ Are you entitled for the full refund from Intel? exchange2000.com tgross.com Call Intel at 800-628-8686