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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!lll-winken.llnl.gov!enews.sgi.com!decwrl!purdue!news.bu.edu!acs4.bu.edu!mi From: mi@bu.edu (Mikhail Teterin) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Pentium Pro support Date: 14 Nov 1995 18:15:49 GMT Organization: Boston University Lines: 15 Message-ID: <48amcl$84q@news.bu.edu> References: <46n3u4$256@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au> <47cojd$4cj@simpson-04.cs.strath.ac.uk> <30A16CC6.41C67EA6@FreeBSD.org> <DHrECs.J3E@ritz.mordor.com> <30A23B7A.794BDF32@FreeBSD.org> <483ue4$po@tzlink.j51.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: acs4.bu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Some time ago (12 Nov 1995 04:50:12 GMT) honorable Louis Epstein, residing at lepslog@j51.com wrote: |Jordan K. Hubbard (jkh@FreeBSD.org) wrote: |: I'm afraid you'll just have to wait and find out.. :-) |: [Intel is being secretive about the numbers still] |Intel has announced SPECmark numbers for the P6,so what's the fuss? |(If the P6 were no faster than the P5,they'd be in BIG trouble!) P6 is in fact slower then P5 when running 16-bit stuff, like DOS or Windows. I guess, that's why they call it Pentium Pro -- to get to the 2nd dimension from the _line_ of processors. -- hot-dog apple-pie baseball Chevrolet