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From: osyjm@cs.montana.edu (Jaye Mathisen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: The reason for stray interrupts
Date: 26 Oct 1993 19:53:40 GMT
Organization: Computer Science, MSU, Bozeman MT, 59717
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In article <wilko.751660652@spoetnix.idca.tds.philips.nl>,
Wilko Bulte <wilko@idca.tds.philips.nl> wrote:
>Hmm, 
>
>I have run *BSD on various systems, and I have still to find a system that
>does not complain about stray interrupts. And these systems were *not*
>bad hardware, they have run both AT&T and SCO Unix without any problems.
>(No comments on the virtues/vices of Sys V systems please).


DEC 386-16 and 386-20 sx's don't have the problem, I get 0 stray intr 
messages on those machines.

On the other hand, the 486-24 that DEC made that was produced by Tandy does
have the problem.
-- 
 Jaye Mathisen, COE Systems Manager                (406) 994-4780
 410 Roberts Hall,Dept. of Computer Science
 Montana State University,Bozeman MT 59717	osyjm@cs.montana.edu