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From: ted@oz.plymouth.edu (Ted Wisniewski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Dual Pentium MotherBoard.
Date: 28 Sep 1995 13:30:29 -0400
Organization: Plymouth State College - Plymouth, NH.
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In article <44ddbk$6s5@archangel.terraport.net> sobeid@terraport.net (Sam Obeid) writes:
>lin1974@expert.cc.purdue.edu (Chien-hung Lin) wrote:
>
>>In article <DFHG2v.7Mw@ritz.mordor.com>,
>>Chris Mauritz <ritz@ritz.mordor.com> wrote:
>>>Free/NetBSD/Linux won't take advantage of the extra cpu.  
>>>
>Well think about it two CPU = two fans!
>
>Anyways you need an OS that will utillize the two CPUs such as Win NT
>or Linux, also the programs that you use must also be written in order
>to use the extra processors. It doesn't mean it won't work, it just
>will not take advantage of it.
>

	I was not aware that Linux would currently do this, does it?
It was even mentioned in the article you "quoted".  Stop misleading
people.