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From: cg18fbi@icogsci1.ucsd.edu (Richard Dante)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: What 486DX revisions should I avoid for 386BSD (and in general)
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Date: 11 Mar 93 07:39:29 GMT
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I'm looking into buying a cheap 486 motherboard (VESA VL-BUS/EISA/ISA triplet
type) sans 486 chip. I'm going to try to get somebody locally who has upgraded
to a DX2/66 to sell me their DX/33 part. Can anybody tell me which revisions
to avoid (and how to identify them). I remember some of the early 486's had
bugs and chip bugs are the last thing I need with my unix system.

Thanks


Rick Dante
rdante@sdcc13.ucsd.edu