Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 10:11:37 +1100 (EST) From: andrew@ugh.net.au To: Paul Dekkers <paul@gromit.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ibm/cyrix 200+ ??? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971016100834.9873F-100000@depravitas.tuu.utas.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.971015172244.100A-100000@gromit.nev.ml.org>
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On Wed, 15 Oct 1997, Paul Dekkers wrote: > Recently I heard of the IBM 200+ processor. Does that processor work nice > under FreeBSD, has anyone experiences with it? Yes it works well. Rebuild your kernel to take fulla dvantage. configure it as a 486 and enable all the special options (see LINT). > Is it comparable, as some people say, to normal Intel Pentium 200's? In integer calculations I'd say yes...I think they are a bit slower on FP AFAIK. Most work I do is integer based. YMMV > heard that it is comparable, but the fpu unit is very slow -> does that > matter very much under FreeBSD, when it's just for a normal internet > server and not for graphics or smth...?) Nope shoudl be fine. Andrew
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