Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 18:15:20 -0600 (CST) From: Gary Clark II <gclarkii@main.gbdata.com> To: donegan@quick.net (Steven P. Donegan) Cc: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD K5 Pentium Equivalents Message-ID: <199703150015.SAA05823@main.gbdata.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.91.970314145631.10392A-100000@news.quick.net> from "Steven P. Donegan" at "Mar 14, 97 03:01:07 pm"
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Steven P. Donegan wrote: > I was wondering if anyone had any experience running the AMD K5 pentium > equivalents in an SMP motherboard (specifically the Tyan 1563D). The chip > price is such that I can buy 2 of the AMD's at 133 for less than 2 100's > from Intel. The motherboard in question is running great with the current > SMP release, 2x75mhz pentiums and 128M of EDO RAM. You can run only Intel chips in FreeBSD SMP due to the fact that the others (Cyrix and AMD) use a different standard for PIC usage. (Please correct if I'm wrong on this) > > TIA > > Steven P. Donegan donegan@quick.net > Gary -- Gary Clark II (N5VMF) | I speak only for myself and "maybe" my company gclarkii@GBData.COM | Member of the FreeBSD Doc Team Providing Internet and ISP startups mail info@GBData.COM for information FreeBSD FAQ at ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/docs/freebsd-faq.ascii
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