Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 19:22:28 -0500 From: dkelly@hiwaay.net To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Non-Intels Message-ID: <199707180022.TAA07175@nexgen.hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Message from Howard Lew <hlew@www2.shoppersnet.com> of "Thu, 17 Jul 1997 00:09:09 PDT." <Pine.BSF.3.91.970716222535.17811A-100000@www2.shoppersnet.com>
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hlew@www2.shoppersnet.com said:
> NexGen Nx586 cpu folks felt even worse because their chips were
> labeled as "386s".
nexgen: [80] dmesg | head
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FreeBSD 2.2-STABLE #0: Mon Jul 14 22:57:15 CDT 1997
dkelly@nexgen.hiwaay.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/NEXGEN
CPU: NexGen 586 (386-class CPU)
^^^--> Microsoft wasn't the only one.
(grumble grumble grumble) :-)
Actually its fair to label the Nx586 as a 386 because it lacks features a
486 has. And has some the 386 doesn't. FWIW NexGen built the worlds fastest
386's, not pin compatible with anything, not even themselves. My CPU is in
a ZIF socket but then the factory CPU fan breaks they were exchanging the
whole MB rather than trust the user to change the fan, or to ship a CPU
with fan attached. Apparently the CPU was factory selected to mate with the
MB. Very few users have been able to overclock a NexGen MB.
I'd like to see AMD succeed. Maybe I'll upgrade this thing in a couple of
months to a K6 if the problems are solved. In the next couple of weeks I'll
be needing several systems for work, were downtime costs much more than at
home. Pentium 133's are looking attractive.
--
David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net
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