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Date:      Sun, 15 Feb 1998 18:27:47 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        hrothgar@hrothgar.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Hardware
Message-ID:  <19980215182747.44828@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <34E69E6E.5DA474A9@hrothgar.com>; from hrothgar on Sat, Feb 14, 1998 at 11:51:11PM -0800
References:  <34E69E6E.5DA474A9@hrothgar.com>

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On Sat, 14 February 1998 at 23:51:11 -0800, hrothgar wrote:
> I have a friend who is a Unix programmer who is going to set up a
> machine I am purchasing with FreeBSD that claims that there are
> configuration problems with MMX machines.  Could you tell me if that is
> true or is he just lost in the old days.  He keeps telling me that I
> MUST get a dual pentium pro or nothing.

There are a *lot* more problems with a dual Pentium Pro than a single
Pentium MMX.  That's because of the multiprocessor, not because of the
MMX.  As far as I know, there are no FreeBSD-specific problems with
any Intel processor.

Greg

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