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From: Jakob Alvermark <jakob@teligent.se>
To: Cliff Addy <fbsdlist@federation.addy.com>
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Subject: Re: K6 or 6x86 ?
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On Tue, 17 Jun 1997, Cliff Addy wrote:

> > I've got plans to buy a new processor. I´ve done some research, and found 
> > that I should get either an AMD K6 or a Cyrix 6x86. Now I have to choose. 
> > That's the problem. Both of them are quite cheap and seems to be quite fast.
> > 
> > I think I'm going to use an Asus motherboard, and most of the time run 
> > FreeBSD-2.2.1 or 2.2.2. (Sometimes I'll be running W*ndows 95, but just 
> > because I have to.)
> 
> We run an entire website hosting company on Cyrix 6x86 and Supermicro
> motherboards.  Run beautifully with FreeBSD and OS/2.  Don't know how they
> work with win95 (don't care, either).

Ok, thanks. Which release of FreeBSD are you using? Does it run fast? :-)

There are two thing I'm interested in;
1. Is it compatible with FreeBSD. (I think that question is answered)
2. Is it fast. Which one is the fastest? (Maximum speed for minimum money)

Thanks,
	Jakob

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