From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun May 19 12:40:56 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id MAA08426 for hardware-outgoing; Sun, 19 May 1996 12:40:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from heaton.cl.cam.ac.uk (exim@heaton.cl.cam.ac.uk [128.232.0.11]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA08421 for ; Sun, 19 May 1996 12:40:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cl.cam.ac.uk [128.232.33.87] (dml25) by heaton.cl.cam.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 0.43 #1) id E0uLELU-0005dN-00; Sun, 19 May 1996 20:40:52 +0100 X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.4+cl+patch 10/10/95 To: hardware@freebsd.org cc: David.Leask@cl.cam.ac.uk Subject: Cx486 DX2-80 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 19 May 1996 20:40:51 +0100 From: David Leask Message-Id: Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi all, Just a quick query with regards to FreeBSD & Cyrix CPUs. I am looking at buying a (second-hand) PC with a Cx486 DX2-80 CPU. When I checked through the archives I found a post from Jordan saying: >> 4) Does FreeBSD support Cyrix processors? > > Yes, but I'd hardly recommend one! This was from early 1995. Is this advice still valid? (and, roughly speaking, why?) Should I keep looking? Cheers, -David Leask. -- Computer Laboratory, Cambridge University phone: +44 1223 334477 New Museums Site, Pembroke Street fax: +44 1223 334678 Cambridge CB2 3QG, UK email: david.leask@cl.cam.ac.uk