From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Nov 28 14:49:07 1995 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id OAA13280 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 28 Nov 1995 14:49:07 -0800 Received: from ncc-1701-d.starfleet.gov (ix-sb1-08.ix.netcom.com [204.32.201.40]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id OAA13269 for ; Tue, 28 Nov 1995 14:48:59 -0800 Received: (from d_burr@localhost) by ncc-1701-d.starfleet.gov (8.6.11/8.6.9) id OAA24049; Tue, 28 Nov 1995 14:50:51 -0800 Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 14:50:51 -0800 (PST) From: Donald Burr X-Sender: d_burr@ncc-1701-d To: "Paul F. Werkowski" cc: hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Intel Endeavor In-Reply-To: <199511282037.PAA00853@snoopy.mv.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 28 Nov 1995, Paul F. Werkowski wrote: > You guys are going to love this one.. > >From the folks that brought you the infamous FDIV bug. >... > Is anyone aware of some PC AT spec that limits > the bottom dimension of a full width card? Did > the engineer who made the FPU get demoted to > motherboard design? Who is the bozo in this > case? Don't single out Intel for this fault. I know we'd LIKE to, but it's not really fair. I've seen this design fault in quite a number of non-Intel motherboards out there, too. Sigh. Donald Burr [d_burr@ix.netcom.com], PO Box 91212, Santa Barbara CA 93190-1212 TEL (805)564-1871 / FAX 564-2315 / WWW http://www.geopages.com/WallStreet/2072 PGP Public Key available by request (send e-mail) or on Public Key Servers. ** Uphold your right to privacy - Use PGP. **