[Info-vax] OT: news from the trenches (re: Solaris)

[glen herrmannsfeldt]

johnson.eric at gmail.com wrote:
> On Saturday, March 14, 2015 at 5:23:27 PM UTC-4, seasoned_geek wrote:
 
>> Actually wasn't it the 486? Rather than dump the chips with the problem
>> they cut some pins/lines and the 486SX was born.

Yes, they had a strange naming system. First there was the 32 bit
i386, and then they made a version with a 16 bit physical data bus,
so SX vs. DX. That is, single vs. double.

But later, the 486DX and 486SX where with, and without math processor,
presumably the defective chips went into the latter category,
and no similar meaning for DX vs. SX.
 
> Perhaps you are thinking of this one 
 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_FDIV_bug

different problem.

-- glen