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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!news.uoregon.edu!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!portc01.blue.aol.com!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!uunet!in3.uu.net!atmnet.net!news.lightside.com!st-ursen.lightside.net!user From: fred@lightside.net (Fred Condo) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. Am5x86 Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1996 22:42:02 -0700 Organization: Lightside, Inc. - Internet Access Lines: 24 Message-ID: <fred-1808962242020001@st-ursen.lightside.net> References: <fred-0808961614150001@st-ursen.lightside.net> <4uf8mo$ium@main.gbdata.com> <320D2C6D.7765@www.play-hookey.com> <T0TEywIeEDtV090yn@southwind.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: st-ursen.lightside.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit x-no-archive: yes In article <T0TEywIeEDtV090yn@southwind.net>, ravenpub@southwind.net (Carl D. Cravens) wrote: >On Sat, 10 Aug 1996 17:42:21 -0700, Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> wrote: >>Just to confirm compatibility: My secondary server (which among other >>things runs my daughter's MUX) is running an AMD 5x86-133 at full speed >>with no trouble. Currently it runs 2.1R; I haven't upgraded yet. However, >>with decent RAM and a fast enough cache, it runs fine. > >Here's another confirmation of the ADM 5x86-133... no problems running >2.1.5R. (Can't beat that chip on bang for the buck, eh?) > >-- >Carl (ravenpub@southwind.net) >I've got a chainsaw... what could go wrong? Thanks to all who replied to my question. The problem did in fact turn out to be bad RAM. -- http://www.lightside.net/~fred/ + net access + http://www.lightside.net/ "Attempts to control the use of encryption technology are wrong in principle, unworkable in practice, and damaging to the long term economic value of the information networks." - UK Labour Party