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Re: NTVDM and Duo core processors
- Subject: Re: NTVDM and Duo core processors
- From: "Patricia M. Godfrey" priscamg@xxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 13:57:15 -0800
Michael Norman wrote:
apparently, only
some dual-core processor's hang NTVDM. All my machines are single-core
so I can't test. In any case, if the behavior is idiosyncratic, testing
is pointless.
But dash it all, that is the very antithesis of the scientific
method. And computers are SUPPOSED to be science, not voodoo!
I'm going to hazard a guess, though. Bet the ones that crash are
Celerons. Those chips were originally P4s that failed QC, that
Intel sold below cost to try and undercut AMD's price. They
eventually made a regular line of them, but I've always been
suspicious of them.
--
Patricia M. Godfrey
priscamg@xxxxxxxx