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From: Robert Samuelsen <crimson@bgnett.no>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Cyrix CPU's & FreeBSD?
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 02:34:09 +0200
Organization: Bergen Nett og Media AS
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On 22 Aug 1996, Mitch James wrote:

> I've checked the mailing lists for recent info and didn't get much info.
> Does anyone know how well the Cyrix CPU's are working with FreeBSD?. I'm
> thing about upgrading two systems for F* one with a 5x86 133mhz the other
> with 6x86 150+ Cyrix. I'd feel a lot better hearing others are using them
> with no problems. Thanks in advance.

I had a asus P/I-P55TP4N with a Cyrix 6x86 150+ and 512kb cache. That
combination did't work well, i had a lot of internal errors when i
compiled something. I used this combination for a month, before i got a
p133. (and no more errors) 



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Robert Samuelsen
crimson@bgnett.no