From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 24 16:47:41 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from clockwork.csudsu.com (clockwork.csudsu.com [209.249.57.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B1B537B542 for ; Mon, 24 Apr 2000 16:47:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from stefan@csudsu.com) Received: by clockwork.csudsu.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id B1A3B1AECA; Mon, 24 Apr 2000 16:42:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by clockwork.csudsu.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B5561AEC6; Mon, 24 Apr 2000 16:42:35 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 16:42:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Stefan Molnar To: David Kelly Cc: James.Bishop@trw.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NexGen Processor In-Reply-To: <200004242034.e3OKY4a30522@mail.hiwaay.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG There was a FPU line. It did cost more, it was for at least 3 months before the AMD buyout. Stefan On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, David Kelly wrote: > "James Bishop" writes: > > I have a NexGen processor. It is a 586 class pentium clone. Will FreeBSD run > > on it? > > It was marketed as a "586 class" but featurewise its a 386. I ran one > for a year or two without a hitch. Remember the NexGen 586 doesn't have > an FPU so you need the FP emulator option in the kernel. > > Thinking a little more about it, there might have been an FPU version > the last few weeks before AMD bought out NexGen and liquidated > everything but the core CPU team and used the NexGen for their K6 > and K7 lines. > > -- > David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net (hm) > ====================================================================== > The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its > capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message