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Xref: sserve comp.sys.powerpc:29805 comp.sys.intel:25069 comp.os.misc:3520 comp.unix.bsd:15622 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:7791 comp.unix.sys5.r4:8848 comp.unix.misc:15112 comp.os.linux.development:21369 comp.os.linux.misc:31859 comp.os.linux.misc:31860 comp.os.386bsd.development:2837 comp.os.386bsd.misc:4453 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!ulowell.uml.edu!news.uml.edu!jrichard From: jrichard@sable.uml.edu (John Richardson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.intel,comp.os.misc,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: Interested in PowerPC for Linux / FreeBSD / NetBSD? Followup-To: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.intel,comp.os.misc,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc Date: 17 Dec 1994 13:19:48 GMT Organization: University of Massachussets - Lowell Lines: 19 Message-ID: <JRICHARD.94Dec17081948@sable.uml.edu> References: <3cilp3$143@news-2.csn.net> <3clp1c$q6p@news.iastate.edu> <3cphs0$l6e@ddi2.digital.net> <D0v8yu.LLx@indirect.com> <3cq6o4$pd9@bigboote.WPI.EDU> <D0x1u1.Av9@indirect.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sable.uml.edu In-reply-to: wes@indirect.com's message of Fri, 16 Dec 1994 18:25:13 GMT : Besides, this one was just widely publicized. Granted, Intel shouldn't have : kept it quiet for all this time, and they'll be bitten for it.. However, : it's not like PowerPCs, MIPS, Sparcs, and Alphas are bug free, too..... Facts? Figures? Errata sheets? Yah, the 603 had some flaws, but Moto owned up to it, agreed to fix the problem, and went back to silicon ASAP. What Alpha bugs? What Sparc bugs? The R4000 and R4400 have seemed pretty solid so far, too. Oh, excuse me, this posting was just mindless Intel apologism, wasn't it. You don't need to substantiate anything, just state that Intel is no worse than anyone else. I've heard 88k chips a few years back had some silly problems... but that Motorola replaced them. Not that many people use 88k machines. :) -- John Richardson jrichard@cs.uml.edu