From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Jun 23 14:36:43 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA24155 for hardware-outgoing; Sun, 23 Jun 1996 14:36:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from vector.jhs.no_domain (slip139-92-42-146.ut.nl.ibm.net [139.92.42.146]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA24140; Sun, 23 Jun 1996 14:36:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vector.jhs.no_domain (8.7.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id QAA14770; Sun, 23 Jun 1996 16:06:06 +0200 (MET DST) Message-Id: <199606231406.QAA14770@vector.jhs.no_domain> X-Authentication-Warning: vector.jhs.no_domain: Host localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: "Andrew V. Stesin" cc: hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Cyrix and AMD chips From: "Julian H. Stacey" Reply-To: "Julian H. Stacey" Organization: Vector Systems Ltd. Address: Holz Strasse 27d, 80469 Munich, Germany Phone: +49.89.268616 Fax: +49.89.2608126 (later) Web: http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/ Mailer: EXMH 1.6.7, PGP available In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 21 Jun 1996 10:23:35 +0300." <199606210723.KAA26369@office.elvisti.kiev.ua> Date: Sun, 23 Jun 1996 16:06:06 +0200 Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, Reference: > From: "Andrew V. Stesin" > > Hi Julian, ...... > But just now wer'e speaking about (comparatively new) > AMD 5x133 chip. That's plain different story. _This_ > particular chip is really nice, do you agree? I've not looked at new Intel chips for a while, so I'm out of date, ( I tend to pay attention when I'm about to buy, as I find x86 chip naming conventions idiosyncratic & iritating to remember, + I have my NSC 32532 NetBSD box begging me play with a non 86 for a change :-) Julian -- Julian H. Stacey jhs@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/