From owner-freebsd-arch Fri Dec 8 9:53:31 2000 From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 8 09:53:30 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from rover.village.org (rover.village.org [204.144.255.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0A7537B400; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 09:53:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from harmony.village.org (harmony.village.org [10.0.0.6]) by rover.village.org (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id eB8HrKs51907; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 10:53:20 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.9.3/8.8.3) with ESMTP id KAA14232; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 10:53:20 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <200012081753.KAA14232@harmony.village.org> To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group Subject: Re: RANDOMDEV inspired realitycheck regarding i386/i486... Cc: "Michael C . Wu" , Peter Jeremy , Poul-Henning Kamp , arch@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 08 Dec 2000 06:20:20 PST." <200012081420.eB8EKfN82161@cwsys.cwsent.com> References: <200012081420.eB8EKfN82161@cwsys.cwsent.com> Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 10:53:20 -0700 From: Warner Losh Sender: imp@harmony.village.org Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <200012081420.eB8EKfN82161@cwsys.cwsent.com> Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group writes: : > I do not really think the latest XFree86 versions were designed : > with running 386/486 in mind. 386/486 is still a market, but : > not many people try to build an embedded system with a full X : > and tools. : : Interesting. At home I use a 486DX33 as an X terminal. As long as I : run all of my X clients, including the window manager on my server, a : P120, performance is quite accetable. We run X on our embedded product on 486 class machines. It still works fairly well. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message