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Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 10:11:37 +1100 (EST)
To: Paul Dekkers <paul@gromit.eu.org>
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Subject: Re: ibm/cyrix 200+ ???
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On Wed, 15 Oct 1997, Paul Dekkers wrote:

> Recently I heard of the IBM 200+ processor. Does that processor work nice
> under FreeBSD, has anyone experiences with it?

Yes it works well. Rebuild your kernel to take fulla dvantage. configure
it as a 486 and enable all the special options (see LINT).

> Is it comparable, as some people say, to normal Intel Pentium 200's?

In integer calculations I'd say yes...I think they are a bit slower on FP
AFAIK. Most work I do is integer based. YMMV

> heard that it is comparable, but the fpu unit is very slow -> does that
> matter very much under FreeBSD, when it's just for a normal internet
> server and not for graphics or smth...?)

Nope shoudl be fine.

Andrew