Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 08:15:03 -0500 (CDT) From: ptroot@uswest.com (Paul T. Root) To: mrm@Mole.ORG (M.R.Murphy) Cc: kline@tera.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5x86 Message-ID: <199607291315.IAA24334@astro.acs.uswest.com> In-Reply-To: <199607290327.UAA29448@meerkat.mole.org> from "M.R.Murphy" at Jul 28, 96 08:27:39 pm
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In a previous message, M.R.Murphy said:
>
> > I've got a question of the list. How well does the AMD 5x86 work for
> > FreeBSD? I've read similar question fairly often in the past couple
> > weeks and haven't paid much attention to the answers?
> >
> > Thanks much....
> >
> > gary
> >
> $ uptime
> 3:25AM up 43 days, 8:16, 8 users, load averages: 0.10, 0.17, 0.09
> AMD 5x86,16MB, 2.1R, works just fine.
>
> --
> Mike Murphy mrm@Mole.ORG +1 619 598 5874
This looks great. I've got a related question. In PC Warehouse, there
is an IT 5x86 plug in, that goes into the 486 or overdrive socket. Will
this give me a reasonable performance boost? I just have a 486DX2/50 on
an ISA bus. At around $170, it might be "just the thing".
The ad doesn't explain it, but it is a 5x86 (apparently) on a little
daughter card that goes into the socket.
My guess is that you'll get a bit better processor performance, but
not really enough to justify, since I have "old" technology, with
ISA video and SCSI.
Opinions?
Paul.
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The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new
discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I found it!) but "That's funny ..."
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