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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!classic.iinet.com.au!swing.iinet.net.au!news.uoregon.edu!news.dacom.co.kr!newsfeed.internetmci.com!chi-news.cic.net!news.wctc.net!spcuna!tzlink.j51.com!lepslog From: lepslog@j51.com (Louis Epstein) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Is Cyrix a good idea? Date: 24 Oct 1995 15:59:06 GMT Organization: TZ-Link, a public-access online community in Nyack, NY. Lines: 14 Message-ID: <46j2ga$bru@tzlink.j51.com> References: <syssgm.814105846@pandora> <814440641snz@osvif.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: j51.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Tim Crowther (Tim@osvif.demon.co.uk) wrote: : In article <syssgm.814105846@pandora> : syssgm@devetir.qld.gov.au "Stephen McKay" writes: : > Am I about to buy a turkey, or are Cyrix chips now first : > rate processors? : > : No problem with Cryix stuff, I have used several of the : upgrade (386 to 486) chips at work without a hitch. They're pointing their 5x86 chips at the laptop market(they're not full 64-bit chips),but the 6x86,which has just started shipping,is a full-fledged P6 clone...in a couple of years I hope to upgrade to these,or the AMD-NexGen version if it's proven better.