Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 09:42:32 -0500 (EST) From: Bill/Carolyn Pechter <pechter@shell.monmouth.com> To: dwlewis@intervista.com (David Lewis) Cc: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org (FreeBSD-questions) Subject: Re: Cyrix vs. Intel Message-ID: <199611051442.JAA15608@shell.monmouth.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19961104184719.0076837c@mail.intervista.com> from "David Lewis" at Nov 4, 96 06:47:19 pm
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> > Hey, > > Does anyone know if there are problems using the new Cyrix chips with > FreeBSD and/or Linux?? I assume not, but I really don't want to buy a > Cyrix-based machine if it's not going to work properly with either of those > OS's. > > Thanks. > > -David > Well, my VESA motherboard came with the Cyrix chip -- (the 586-100) -- but the board wouldn't run with the 586. The problem was it would recognize and identify the Adaptec 1542 controller and SCSI drives -- but wouldn't read/write the busmastering controller. IT worked fine with the IDE C: drive (dos/os2). I dropped a 486/DX2 66 in and it all works. With internal and external cache off -- it worked SLOWLY... and not from the OS/2 boot mgr... Be careful. I'm going to reattempt the 586 insert and play with the cache jumpers -- since it's probably the Cyrix write-back cache. Bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Pechter/Carolyn Pechter | 17 Meredith Drive, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724, 908-389-3592 | pechter@shell.monmouth.com This message brought to you by the letters VAX and the numbers 11 and 780.
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