From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun May 19 14:11:22 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA23523 for hardware-outgoing; Sun, 19 May 1996 14:11:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from MindBender.HeadCandy.com (root@[199.238.225.168]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA23297 for ; Sun, 19 May 1996 14:09:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.HeadCandy.com (8.7.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id OAA04808; Sun, 19 May 1996 14:05:39 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199605192105.OAA04808@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.HeadCandy.com: Host michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: David Leask cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cx486 DX2-80 In-reply-to: Your message of Sun, 19 May 96 20:40:51 +0100. Date: Sun, 19 May 1996 14:04:35 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >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? I'm sure that comment was with regards to 486DLCs. If so, it does not apply to true 486DX chips from Cyrix (or anyone else). From all the reports I've heard, if it's a true 486DX, you shouldn't have problems. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... Roll your own Internet access -- Seattle People's Internet cooperative. If you're in the Seattle area, ask me how. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------