retrocomputing

5301 readers

30 users here now

Discussions on vintage and retrocomputing

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

SDF@lemmy.sdf.org

cognitivegears@lemmy.sdf.org

Penkster@lemmy.sdf.org

It’s been 30 years since Intel’s infamous Pentium FDIV bug reared its ugly head – a math bug caused Intel’s first CPU recall (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 9 months ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org

6 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 4 points 9 months ago

There was a joke that the successor to the RU-486 contraceptive pill was the RU-Pentium, and it worked by preventing the embryo from dividing correctly

permalink
fedilink
source