Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 11:24:04 -0700 (PDT) From: The Devil Himself <fullermd@narcissus.ml.org> To: Mark Holden <markh@HEMPAC.Net> Cc: Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Non-Intel CPUs and FreeBSD. Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.970510112247.23154A-100000@narcissus.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <199705091959.OAA25501@Blinky.HEMPAC.Net>
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On Fri, 9 May 1997, Mark Holden wrote: > >Is anyone using any of the AMD/Cyrix CPUs with FreeBSD successfully ? > > > >And more importantly, is it possible to use the CPUs in a multi CPU > >configuration under -current (or at all) ? > > > >Darren > > > To add my two cents to this: My main FreeBSD system (that I'm writing this > from) has *always* been an AMD CPU, first a 486/66, then a 486/100, then > a 5x86/133, now a 5K86. All have worked flawlessly. > > -Mark Holden (markh@hempac.net) > Mine's faster; I have almost $0.035. My FreeBSD system started out as a Intel Pentium 120, but soon became a Cyrix 6x86 166+, and I could se a speed difference,but didn't get any unexplained crashes (*cough* 95 *cough*) *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* |FreeBSD is good. FreeBSD is our friend. UNIX is our god.| *Micro$oft is bad. Micro$oft causes problems.* |MicroBSD??? I DON'T THINK SO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!| |"I hate quotes in signature files" :-} MAtthew Fuller| *fullermd@narcissus.ml.org FreeBSD junkie* |http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd Westminster College| *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
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