Date: Sun, 23 Jun 1996 15:59:09 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@FreeBSD.org> To: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@HeadCandy.com> Cc: Bill/Carolyn Pechter <pechter@shell.monmouth.com>, freebsd-hardware@freefall.freebsd.org, freebsd-chat@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cyrix and AMD chips Message-ID: <199606231359.PAA14747@vector.jhs.no_domain> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 20 Jun 1996 23:57:24 PDT." <199606210657.XAA01085@MindBender.HeadCandy.com>
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Hi, Reference: > From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@HeadCandy.com> > Subject: Re: Cyrix and AMD chips > Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 23:57:24 -0700 > Message-id: <199606210657.XAA01085@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> > > > >> >michaelv@HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com) > >> > AMD chips are awesome. They will work correctly with every > >> > motherboard that runs correctly with Intel chips. > > >Categorically Wrong ! > >2 Gigabyte GA-486US came with Intel 486 33MHz, ran error free for years, > >on multiple OSs, but did not work with 2 pre-tested AMD 486-66 > >(npx probe failed on the Gigabyte boards), > >then systems did (& still do) work again with Intel 486-66. > > How long ago was this? Gary J & I did the tests maybe 6 to 12 months ago, can't remember exactly when. > I know there were some very early chips that had some sort of FPU bug, > or something similar, that would show up under demanding situations. > But those should have been flushed out of the channel *long* ago. Rod knew AMD details, perhaps Gary J remembers too , all I really remember now is both AMDs failed on npx with both boards. Julian -- Julian H. Stacey jhs@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/
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