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From: glew@ichips.intel.com (Andy Glew)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Pentium Pro support
Date: 15 Nov 1995 06:26:46 GMT
Organization: Intel Corp., Hillsboro, Oregon
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In-reply-to: ritz@ritz.mordor.com's message of Thu, 9 Nov 1995 04:41:15 GMT

    Jordan K. Hubbard (jkh@FreeBSD.org) wrote:
    : More to the point, FreeBSD is already known to run just fine on the P6.
    : [sorry, I simply refuse to refer to it as the "Pentium Pro" - ugh! :-)]

    Any difference noticible difference in performance compared to a
    comparably clocked Pentium?

    Christopher Mauritz         | For info on internet access:


Oh God, yes!

(This is being posted from a P6/150 running FreeBSD.)
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