From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jul 30 20:18:08 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA27380 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 30 Jul 1997 20:18:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pobox.com (ras139.microplus.ca [207.81.20.58]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA27357 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 1997 20:17:58 -0700 (PDT) Resent-From: brianc@pobox.com Received: (from brianc@localhost) by pobox.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA20521 for freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org; Wed, 30 Jul 1997 23:15:47 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Message-Id: <199707310315.XAA20521@pobox.com> Message-ID: <19970730231525.13198@pobox.com> Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 23:15:25 -0400 From: Brian Campbell To: Terry Lambert Subject: Re: Pentium II? References: <19970730144420.16698@milkyway.com> <199707302054.NAA05832@phaeton.artisoft.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.76 In-Reply-To: <199707302054.NAA05832@phaeton.artisoft.com>; from Terry Lambert on Wed, Jul 30, 1997 at 01:54:00PM -0700 Resent-Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 23:15:47 -0400 Resent-To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, Jul 30, 1997 at 01:54:00PM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > Actually, these are the same people who said I could get a > > > 486 DX/2-100, and thus convinced me to buy my 486 DX-50. > > > > Can't now, or couldn't ever? > > It was announced, in almost the same format as this 266 announcement > that was referenced. Do not believe announcements; believe only > shrink-wrapped packages which you can touch. > > > I used to have a DX4, and did manage to get it to boot at 2*50, but my > > graphics and scsi cards didn't like that much. I know at least one > > other person that claims to keep his DX4 running at 2*50. > > One wonders how he managed to change his clock multiplier on > board the chip from the mask-programmed value of "3"... 8-). Pardon me for suggesting that I or others could accomplish something you apparently could not. I'm sure we're all mistaken. Send a nasty letter to the maintainer of: www.xmission.com/~doswald/clkfaq.html P.S. I will, in the future, not believe any announcements.