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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Pentium Pro support
Date: 17 Nov 1995 20:53:16 GMT
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
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ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz) wrote:
]
] Andy Glew (glew@ichips.intel.com) wrote:
] :     Jordan K. Hubbard (jkh@FreeBSD.org) wrote:
] :     : More to the point, FreeBSD is already known to run just fine on the P6.
] :     : [sorry, I simply refuse to refer to it as the "Pentium Pro" - ugh! :-)]
] 
] :     Any difference noticible difference in performance compared to a
] :     comparably clocked Pentium?
] 
] :     Christopher Mauritz         | For info on internet access:
] 
] 
] : Oh God, yes!
] 
] : (This is being posted from a P6/150 running FreeBSD.)
] 
] Oh my, now there's an unbiased source of info... :/

Yeah, I guess ol' Andy is a well know FreeBSD bigot.  }B-).


                                        Terry Lambert
                                        terry@cs.weber.edu
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