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From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz)
Subject: Re: Anyone else running Cyrix 6x86?
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Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 18:14:32 GMT

Frank Terhaar-Yonkers (fty@mcnc.org) wrote:
: 
: Installed a Cy6x86 P120 this past weekend.  It works, a few warts to
: work out, but no crashes running -stable.  The motherboard is a TYAN
: Tomcat - Triton II chipset.  

What "warts" are those?  I was considering the 6x86-166+ and
a Tyan Tomcat board.

: Still running the old ISA cards.  Need to get PCI SCSI/Video. 
: Anyone had a look at the Adaptec 2920?  Video recomendations?

You probably mean the 2940.  I think that's what they're using
on ftp.freebsd.org.  I've had great luck with Buslogic 946C cards.

Chris
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