rhj@wdl1.UUCP (Bob Jones) (02/26/88)
I recently purchased a Proteus 386 box. According to Infoworld, it ran fast and was cheap. By and large I am happy with it, but the 80386 CHIP DOESN'T WORK :(... It fails the 32 bit integer multiply test. Proteus claims that Intel hasn't shipped them any good chips and that they can't upgrade me until Intel ships to them. Is anybody out there in a similar predicament? Does anybody know when Intel will clean up after their mess? I want to run Windows 386, but can't until I get a good chip :(...! Bob Jones
davidsen@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP (William E. Davidsen Jr) (03/01/88)
In article <4160002@wdl1.UUCP> rhj@wdl1.UUCP (Bob Jones) writes: | I recently purchased a Proteus 386 box. According to Infoworld, it | ran fast and was cheap. By and large I am happy with it, but the | 80386 CHIP DOESN'T WORK :(... It fails the 32 bit integer multiply | test. Proteus claims that Intel hasn't shipped them any good | chips and that they can't upgrade me until Intel ships to them. Other manufactures have been getting the good chips, even the clones. The statement that Intel hasn't shipped them any good chips may be true, but it implies (a) that they are big enough to buy from Intel rather than a distributor, and (b) that they have ordered chips in the last 3-6 months. I would be sure (a) and (b) are true before blaming Intel. I haven't seen anything but "double sigma" chips in clones in at least three months. I CAN buy "16 bit only" 386's cheap (or could, I haven't checked lately). -- bill davidsen (wedu@ge-crd.arpa) {uunet | philabs | seismo}!steinmetz!crdos1!davidsen "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me
farren@gethen.UUCP (Michael J. Farren) (03/01/88)
In article <4160002@wdl1.UUCP> rhj@wdl1.UUCP (Bob Jones) writes: [about a bad '386 in a Proteus box] >Is anybody out there in a similar predicament? Does anybody know >when Intel will clean up after their mess? I want to run Windows 386, >but can't until I get a good chip :(...! *INTEL* clean up after their mess? Hey, guy, it's this Proteus outfit that's got the mess - they've tried to pass off a '386 that they KNEW didn't work properly to you. Intel's been handling the buggy '386 business as well as can be expected, I think. It's too bad that some clone manufacturers have decided to go for expediency and a quick buck, instead of being truly concerned about their customer - after all, only one out of ten people will ever even have a CHANCE of seeing that bug, so why not save a few bucks and stuff these here bad chips in? As far as I'm concerned, this kind of stuff is enough to write off a clone manufacturer from the first. -- Michael J. Farren | "INVESTIGATE your point of view, don't just {ucbvax, uunet, hoptoad}! | dogmatize it! Reflect on it and re-evaluate unisoft!gethen!farren | it. You may want to change your mind someday." gethen!farren@lll-winken.llnl.gov ----- Tom Reingold, from alt.flame