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From: pim@cti-software.nl (Pim Zandbergen)
Subject: Re: Will 386bsd run for Pentium machine without pain?
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cq019@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Preston Landers) writes:


>	I have no idea when it's supposed to appear, other than this 
>summer I think.  It is supposed to be 386 family compatible, so stock
>386bsd should run fine, but it would have to be modified to take
>special advantage of any 586 (I like that better than Pentium) features.

I suppose it's only gcc that would have to be modified (like gcc -m586).
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