From the Darkside

1997–98November 8, 1997Macs Only!Dark Side
From the Darkside: NEWS.COM reports that there is another major bug in the Intel Pentium (MMX and non-MMX) processor, a single illegal instruction that can cause the computer to crash. It is called the "Pentium FO" bug.

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