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From: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@luke.cpl.net>
To: Robert Chalmers <robert@chalmers.com.au>
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Subject: Re: [Q] MMX Chip in Standard Pentium?
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> A bit off topic I guess, but the experts may know. I want to upgrade my
> FreeBSD Pentium 120 box, but seem to be only able to get Pentium MMX
> chips.
> Will an MMX chip work in the "standard" mumboard? Does FreeBSD work
> ok with the MMX chips? I guess it does, but at the price of a chip, I'd
> better
> ask.
> The major question of course is thoug, can I just do a straight swap, or
> do
> I need a new mumboard as well for the MMX chip.?

You need a new motherboard due to the MMX using a different voltage(dual
plane is what I think its called) FreeBSD will work fine on MMX chips, but
I doubt MMX will do much for it. The only real benefit going MMX is in
increase L1 cache.