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From: mstary@prairienet.org (martin stary)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: PentiumPro BSDI performace ?
Date: 28 Dec 1995 09:49:49 GMT
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Hi,
I was wondering if the new PentiumPro 200 machines would acheive good
performance under BSDI.  The PentiumPro is a highly optimized chip and
the 16-bit app performance is poor.  How does this impact the BSDI os ?

thanx, Martin