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From: le@put.com (Louis Epstein)
Subject: Re: Can FreeBSD support Cyrix 6x86??
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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 19:27:18 GMT

Roland Jesse (jesse@hppool.cs.uni-magdeburg.de) wrote:
: root@Dorm12.NCTU.edu.tw (Avatar):
: 
: >         When I use option i586,it failed to recognize my 6x86...
: >         
: >         can BSD support it at the further version?
: 
: In the latest SNAP I found an option i686. Possibly this may suit your
: needs.

Hmm...I'm thinking of getting a 6x86...does this mean I can't run it with
2.1R?