Date: Sun, 27 Jul 1997 19:39:09 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: plm@xs4all.nl (Peter Mutsaers) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AMD K6: does it work well with FreeBSD Message-ID: <199707271009.TAA00515@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <8790ytk2qn.fsf@plm.xs4all.nl> from Peter Mutsaers at "Jul 26, 97 09:55:12 pm"
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Peter Mutsaers stands accused of saying: > The AMD K6 is supposedly as fast as or faster as the Intel Pentium MMX > CPU's. (Both for integer and for FPU?). So I'm thinking of buying > one. Does anyone have positive experience with it and FreeBSD? On the contrary, at the moment there are lots of negative experiences with it going around. I would avoid the K6 in the short term, as current parts appear to have either a thermal problem or a basic bug. Check the -hackers mailing list archive for more details on this. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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