Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 14:02:32 -0700 From: Roy Bettle <rbettle@criterion-group.com> To: BSD User <bsd_user@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Co-processor? Message-ID: <37A4B5E8.21B3F645@criterion-group.com> References: <19990731205313.8187.qmail@hotmail.com>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------6180C12BB4438CFF4E488B3C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Your 386 is not capable of using SMP - Symmetric Multi-Processing - like a Pentium Pro, Pentium II/III, AMD K7, etc. I would not remove the co-processor if I were you as you will notice an immediate decrease in performance. Frankly, unless your system is Y2K compliant - see http://www.nstl.com for help determining if your system is - you might be better off just tossing it out and using something like eBay.com to build a cheap, but Y2K compliant, system. Hope it helps. RAB BSD User wrote: > Hi, I have been wondering about something on my old 386... > My 386 has a co-processor along with my main one, is this processor for > doing certain stuff like floating point calculations? Would it be possible > to take out that co processor and stick in another processor so it would be > a dual? Right now it is a 386dx/33mhz. Thanks! > > bsd user > > _______________________________________________________________ > Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message --------------6180C12BB4438CFF4E488B3C Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="rbettle.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Roy Bettle Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="rbettle.vcf" begin:vcard n:Bettle;Roy tel;work:(949) 452-1203 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:http://www.criterion-group.com org:Criterion Group, Inc. version:2.1 email;internet:rbettle@criterion-group.com title:President note:Businesses that depend on computers, depend on us. adr;quoted-printable:;;26895 Aliso Creek Road=0D=0ASuite B404;Aliso Viejo;CA;92656;USA fn:Bettle, Roy end:vcard --------------6180C12BB4438CFF4E488B3C-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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