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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA823 ; Mon, 08 Feb 93 08:01:44 EST Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!decwrl!netcomsv!netcom.com!hasty From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) Subject: Re: Will 386bsd run for Pentium machine without pain? Message-ID: <1993Feb7.081859.15543@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <4049@tansei1.tansei.cc.u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1l284hINN8d8@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1993 08:18:59 GMT Lines: 29 In article <1l284hINN8d8@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> cq019@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Preston Landers) writes: > >In a previous article, mhiroshi@tansei.cc.u-tokyo.ac.jp (H. Murakami) says: > >> >>I wonder, whether 386bsd for 386/486 machine >>runs on Pentium machine without change. >>Is that CPU binary compatible to 386/486? >> >>PS. >> When the chip will appeare in the market? >> And how much will it be? >> > > I have no idea when it's supposed to appear, other than this >summer I think. It is supposed to be 386 family compatible, so stock >386bsd should run fine, but it would have to be modified to take >special advantage of any 586 (I like that better than Pentium) features. The intel announcement is supposed to be on march 22 at that time systems will be available according to the press. Can't wait till it gets here :-) -- This message brought to you by the letters X and S and the number 3 Amancio Hasty | Home: (415) 495-3046 | ftp-site depository of all my work: e-mail hasty@netcom.com | sunvis.rtpnc.epa.gov:/pub/386bsd/incoming