From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 29 14:20:04 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA23282 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 29 Jul 1996 14:20:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from aeffle.Stanford.EDU (sequence.Stanford.EDU [171.65.76.7]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA23255 for ; Mon, 29 Jul 1996 14:19:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from hlew@localhost) by aeffle.Stanford.EDU (8.6.10/8.6.6) id OAA03934; Mon, 29 Jul 1996 14:19:18 -0700 Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 14:19:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Howard Lew To: "Paul T. Root" cc: "M.R.Murphy" , kline@tera.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5x86 In-Reply-To: <199607291315.IAA24334@astro.acs.uswest.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk For Gary: > > > > > 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". Hmmm.... depends I guess... If your case can take the regular Baby AT case ones, then you will be better off getting a Pentium pin compatible (AMD 5K86) chip with Pentium motherboard for about $30 more (It's upgradable to Pentium 166). Or if you insist, pick up a new AMD 5x86-133 with VLB motherboard + Fan + 256K cache for $159. That way, you won't have to take chances with incompatibility problems and perhaps sell your old motherboard with cpu for some money back. My point is you can get a NEW AMD 5x86-133 with VLB motherboard for less than the cost of the cpu plug-in upgrade. Where? try http://www2.shoppersnet.com many other places can do the same. ---- || Shoppers Network BEST PRICES, FULLY x86 COMPATIBLE & FAST!!! || PO BOX 16627 Cyrix 686s now available! || San Francisco, CA 94116 Email - info@shoppersnet.com | ------------------------------> WWW - http://www2.shoppersnet.com -------------------------------> WWW - http://www.shoppersnet.com/shopping