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From: syssgm@devetir.qld.gov.au (Stephen McKay)
Subject: Is Cyrix a good idea?
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Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 12:30:46 GMT
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Greetings ardent FreeBSD'ers!

I mate of mine wants to sell me his computer before going overseas.  The
only snag is that it has a "Cx486DX2-S at 66Mhz" in it, according to the
BIOS welcome message.  It is detected as a Cyrix 486DLC by 2.0.5 and
2.1-951005snap.  Am I about to buy a turkey, or are Cyrix chips now first
rate processors?

Thanks,

Stephen.