Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 16:08:09 -0700 From: John Milford <jwm@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> To: asami@vader.cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami) Cc: kato@eclogite.eps.nagoya-u.ac.jp, roberto@keltia.freenix.fr, hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel Pentium II released Message-ID: <199705282308.QAA17510@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> In-Reply-To: Message from asami@vader.cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami) of "Wed, 28 May 1997 14:05:21 PDT." <199705282105.OAA06447@vader.cs.berkeley.edu>
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asami@vader.cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami) wrote: > > The AMD-K6(TM) processor, Socket 7 bus compatible by design, enables > PC manufacturers and resellers to deliver affordable, top-to-bottom PC > solutions. For existing Socket 7 motherboards, certain modifications > may be necessary to ensure proper voltage settings and BIOS support." > ^^^^^^^^^^^^ > I'm not sure what this means. > > Satoshi When I left AMD (Nov. '96), there were quite a few problems with K6 and old BIOS revisions. This maybe what they are refering to, although I would expect everyone to have a newer revision since the chip needs 2.9v (??), and that is fairly new. --John
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