Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 09:05:54 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@HeadCandy.com> To: "M.R.Murphy" <mrm@marmot.mole.org> Cc: sos@freebsd.org, alex@fa.tdktca.com, bmk@fta.com, Eloy.Paris@ven.ra.rockwell.com, hal@wwa.com, hardware@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD works with Cy486DLC processors? Message-ID: <199606181605.JAA16254@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of Tue, 18 Jun 96 08:57:26 -0700. <199606181557.IAA20006@meerkat.mole.org>
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>> Actually, you shouldn't touch that DLC-specific code unless 1) you
>> know what it does, 2) you have a non-traditional motherboard that has
>> a chance of actually working.
>What do you think is a reasonable thing to do if Eloy's 486DX4/100 is
>being misidentified as a 486DLC?
Get a different motherboard (ASUS highly recommended); get a different
processor (AMD is very highly recommended -- I just got an AMD 5x86
and it works great in my 486 motherboard).
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Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com
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