From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jan 19 00:52:30 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id AAA29836 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 19 Jan 1996 00:52:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de (irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de [141.76.1.11]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id AAA29725 for ; Fri, 19 Jan 1996 00:51:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from sax.sax.de by irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de (8.6.12/8.6.12-s1) with ESMTP id JAA12145 for ; Fri, 19 Jan 1996 09:51:01 +0100 Received: by sax.sax.de (8.6.11/8.6.12-s1) with UUCP id JAA06131 for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Fri, 19 Jan 1996 09:51:01 +0100 Received: (from j@localhost) by uriah.heep.sax.de (8.7.3/8.6.9) id JAA02410 for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Fri, 19 Jan 1996 09:44:49 +0100 (MET) From: J Wunsch Message-Id: <199601190844.JAA02410@uriah.heep.sax.de> Subject: Re: CPU compatibility To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers) Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 09:44:49 +0100 (MET) Reply-To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) In-Reply-To: <199601190641.QAA10510@orion.devetir.qld.gov.au> from "Stephen McKay" at Jan 19, 96 04:41:32 pm X-Phone: +49-351-2012 669 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk As Stephen McKay wrote: > > >Intel do a DX4/100 with integrated regulator. It's a little rich, but > >we have a couple here that run (in ASUS PVI486SP3 boards) just fine. > > When it came time to upgrade my Dell from a 486DX33, I picked a DX4/100 > overdrive (with the funky voltage converter) because all the clones looked > so scary*. Btw., they are even advertising an i586 (not TM) with the funky regulator now. I'm quite tempted to buy this one in favor of the i486/100. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)