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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA1121 ; Tue, 23 Feb 93 14:26:55 EST Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!zazen!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!caen!umeecs!umn.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!hasty From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) Subject: Re: Will 386bsd run for Pentium machine without pain? Message-ID: <1993Feb12.042349.18579@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <1993Feb7.081859.15543@netcom.com> <44714@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> <78655@apple.apple.COM> Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1993 04:23:49 GMT Lines: 20 In article <78655@apple.apple.COM> mg@Apple.COM (Mark Gorlinsky) writes: >If don't optimize your code for the dual pipeline, the P5 turns out to be >just a faster 486 with floating-point speed emprovements and seperate >instruction/data caches. So, 386bsd should work just fine. > >-- Question: does the pentium have memory block move instruction? This could be useful for doing bitmap block transfers to a vga card... Tnks, Amancio -- This message brought to you by the letters X and S and the number 3 Amancio Hasty | Home: (415) 495-3046 | ftp-site depository of all my work: e-mail hasty@netcom.com | sunvis.rtpnc.epa.gov:/pub/386bsd/incoming