CompuServe Messages

PMFJI, but re: pentium bug: I've rendered about 10,000 frames on a P5 in the last six months or so, and have not seen any evidence that Imagine is affected by the FDIV bug in the Pentium chip. I frequent the Dell user group, and am amazed at the way people are freaking out about this problem. Somebody came up with two seven digit numbers that, when divided and successively multiplied, came up with a wrong answer; the whole forum seemed to blow a collective gasket. I did some tests myself to try and find a number combination that would fail, and after a day or so of searching (and you can search a LOT of numbers on a P5-90) I gave up. I think Intel's "once in 27,000 years" comment is a bit irresponsible, but IMHO the Pentium FDIV bug shouldn't affect Imagine in any significant (or detectable) way, if at all. Jim Shields Regal Rodent Development