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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA840 ; Mon, 08 Feb 93 10:02:22 EST Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!yale.edu!newsserver.jvnc.net!gmd.de!Germany.EU.net!mcsun!ieunet!dec4ie.ieunet.ie!jkh From: jkh@whisker.lotus.ie (Jordan K. Hubbard) Subject: Re: Will 386bsd run for Pentium machine without pain? In-Reply-To: cq019@cleveland.Freenet.Edu's message of 7 Feb 1993 05: 53:21 GMT Message-ID: <JKH.93Feb7165708@whisker.lotus.ie> Sender: usenet@ieunet.ie (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: whisker.lotus.ie Organization: Lotus Development Ireland References: <4049@tansei1.tansei.cc.u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1l284hINN8d8@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1993 16:57:08 GMT Lines: 11 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. I've always read that the Pentium and 586 were two very different beasts - that is why Intel didn't call the Pentium the 586 in the first place, they have other plans for that name., Jordan -- Jordan Hubbard Lotus Development Ireland jkh@whisker.lotus.ie I DO NOT SPEAK FOR LOTUS - IT HAS PLENTY OF LAWYERS TO DO THAT FOR IT ALREADY