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From: njs3@doc.ic.ac.uk (Niall Smart)
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 1997 20:33:23 +0000
In-Reply-To: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
       "Newest Pentium bug (fatal)" (Nov  7, 10:39am)
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On Nov 7, 10:39am, Julian Elischer wrote:
} Subject: Newest Pentium bug (fatal)
> On a "genuine Intel" pentium (not pentium pro)
> execution of the following sequence, 0xf0 0x0f 0xc7 0xc8
> 
> will stop the processor. This is doable from user mode and in 
> 16bitmode, or in fact any mode.

Just tried the program under NT, no difference (as expected).

Control Panel/System/General tells me that this machine is
x86 Family 5 Model 2 Stepping 12, it makes no mention of it
being a GenuineIntel but I presume it is.

Niall