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From: tmonroe@soda.berkeley.edu (Anthony Monroe)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD runs on all 486  chip types
Date: 1 Jul 1994 18:43:38 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Undergraduate Association, UC Berkeley
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In article <2v08ft$q1k@raffles.technet.sg>,
Joseph Doo <joe@solomon.technet.sg> wrote:
>
>I'm out to get a 486 system. I've read the faq but there's no
>mention of chip specifics. Do i assume any chip is fine?

[...chips, mfrs, and prices...]

I am NOT an Intel junkie, but you will most likely have the fewest problems
if you get an Intel chip.  I have a friend who got a Cyrix chip, and he
complains all the time about how wonderfully bad it is.  As for AMD, I
couldn't tell ya.

						Tony