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From: mg@Apple.COM (Mark Gorlinsky)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: Will 386bsd run for Pentium machine without pain?
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Date: 12 Feb 93 00:42:17 GMT
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If don't optimize your code for the dual pipeline, the P5 turns out to be
just a faster 486 with floating-point speed emprovements and seperate 
instruction/data caches.  So, 386bsd should work just fine. 

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