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Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 09:40:23 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: Nicolas PONDEMER <pondemer@isty-info.uvsq.fr>
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Subject: Re: Compatibility
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On Fri, 10 Oct 1997, Nicolas PONDEMER wrote:

> I want to install FreeBSD on my computer, but is FreeBSD
> reliable (or simply OK) with AMD and Cyrix microprocessors ?
> 
> Especially K6.

There was a pretty heated argument some time ago about possible K6 bugs.
If you have a pretty new one you should be beyond the problem.  Check out
the freebsd-hardware mailing list archives at http://www.freebsd.org/ for
full details.  

In any case, the AMD, Cyrix, and Intel processors are supported.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major