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From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz)
Subject: Re: Can FreeBSD support Cyrix 6x86??
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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 21:34:53 GMT
Louis Epstein (le@put.com) wrote:
: 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?
I'd be shocked if there was a problem. According to Cyrix, the following
OS's run just fine:
BSD/386 1.0
Citrix (OS/2)
Coherent 4.2 UNIX
Consensys 4.2 UNIX
Desqview 386
Desqview/X 1.1, 2.0
DOS 5.0, 6.0, 6.2, 6.22
IBM PC DOS 6.3, 7.0
Interactive UNIX 4.0
Linux
NextStep 3.2, 3.3
Novell DOS 7.0
OS/2 1.3
OS/2 2.11
OS/2 Warp
QNX 4.2 UNIX
SCO UNIX
Solaris 2.1
Solaris 2.4 Stress
UHC UNIX
UNIXWare 1.1
UNIXWare 2.0
Windows 95
Windows for Workgroups v3.11 HCT
Windows NT v3.1 HCT
Windows NT v3.5 HCT
Windows NT v3.51 HCT
Windows v 3.0, 3.1, 3.11
Windows 95 HCT
Chris
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