From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 9 15:17:17 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F7C516A402 for ; Mon, 9 Apr 2007 15:17:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd001@freeode.co.uk) Received: from mail.freeode.co.uk (mail.freeode.co.uk [87.127.24.125]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF5A813C46A for ; Mon, 9 Apr 2007 15:17:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd001@freeode.co.uk) Received: from lexx.freeode.co.uk (lexx.freeode.co.uk [10.10.10.2]) by mail.freeode.co.uk (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l39F0GjV011301 for ; Mon, 9 Apr 2007 16:00:16 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from freebsd001@freeode.co.uk) From: John Murphy To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:00:16 +0100 Message-ID: <12lk131j9outvlmdin1m9e7olhjp4fsbs9@4ax.com> References: <20070408120010.D3FD416A413@hub.freebsd.org> <3428D9627CC79A4ABF37A519431D98120D685FA7@nmr001oldmsx05.enterprisenet.org> In-Reply-To: <3428D9627CC79A4ABF37A519431D98120D685FA7@nmr001oldmsx05.enterprisenet.org> X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: what can i do with a 486? X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd001@freeode.co.uk List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 15:17:17 -0000 "Gray, David W" wrote: >Is that a 48*6* or a 48*7*??? You MUST HAVE a floating point emulator if >you don't have a '487 >(also known as a '486 overdrive), or no boot. I'm at work, so I don't >know if we still ship >the emulator(s), but you need it. Good point. He said it's a 486sx earlier so definitely would need FPU emulation (or a 487 if there's a socket for one). -- John.