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From: tls@cloud9.net (Thor Lancelot Simon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: AMD DX2/80 w/ NetBSD?
Date: 21 Dec 1994 20:37:25 GMT
Organization: Cloud 9 Internet, White Plains, New York, USA
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In article <MICHAELV.94Dec20142450@MindBender.HeadCandy.com>,
Michael L. VanLoon <michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> wrote:
>
>Here is my experience:
>
>I'm running an AMD 486DX2/80 in a NetBSD-1.0 system as I type.  It's a
>kick-butt CPU.  No problems, no regrets.  I have it plugged into a
>Nice (that's the brand) Super-EISA motherboard.  Works excellent.
>
>I help run a NetBSD machine on campus.  It's a Zenith mini-tower with
>an Intel 486DX2/66 and a PCI bus.  It runs flawlessly.
>
>So, I guess the combination of a DX2/80 and a fairly new PCI chipset
>should work ok.  Of course, every motherboard is different, so I can't
>guarantee you anything.

If you find a 486 PCI motherboard that can clock the CPU at 40MHz, let me know.

I was on the verge of buying one of those great ASUS motherboards with built-in
NCR SCSI, when I found out that they couldn't handle a CPU clock higher than
33MHz; haven't found any other 486 PCI motherboards that can, though I haven't
been looking too hard.
-- 
Thor Lancelot Simon                                               tls@cloud9.net

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