1994-11-23 - Pentium bug and CRYPTO
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From: pstemari@fsp.fsp.com (Paul Ste. Marie)
To: cwedgwood@cybernet.co.nz
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UTC Datetime: 1994-11-23 23:31:31 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 23 Nov 94 15:31:31 PST
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From: pstemari@fsp.fsp.com (Paul Ste. Marie)
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 94 15:31:31 PST
To: cwedgwood@cybernet.co.nz
Subject: Pentium bug and CRYPTO
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> Since most version of PGP compiled for Intel platforms will be or the
> MS-DOS or Windows variety then it is very unlikely that even floating
> point instructions will be used - emulations libraries will be used
> instead for floating point.
Actually, the emulation libraries will generally use the FPU if one is
available. The Windows one runs as a DLL as I recall.
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- 1994-11-22 (Tue, 22 Nov 94 10:11:22 PST) - Re: Pentium bug and CRYPTO - cwedgwood@cybernet.co.nz (Chris Wedgwood)
- 1994-11-22 (Tue, 22 Nov 94 13:57:06 PST) - Re: Pentium bug and CRYPTO - Doug Shapter <dps@kafka.atinc.com>
- 1994-11-23 (Wed, 23 Nov 94 15:31:31 PST) - Pentium bug and CRYPTO - pstemari@fsp.fsp.com (Paul Ste. Marie)