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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news-in2.uu.net!netnews.nwnet.net!reuter.cse.ogi.edu!not-for-mail From: kotov@cse.ogi.edu (Alexei Kotov) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: IBM P166+ (CYRIX) an i486_MACHINE ? Date: 17 Oct 1996 19:58:28 GMT Organization: Oregon Graduate Institute - Computer Science & Engineering Lines: 10 Message-ID: <546355$31t@reuter.cse.ogi.edu> References: <32634E20.2CD7@usoft.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: orange.cse.ogi.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Willem Wals (walsw@usoft.nl) wrote: > Now for the question: Is it normal to detect IBM P166+ as an I486? IBM/Cyrix 6x86 chips are pin-compatible with Pentiums, but seem to differ somehow internally. Maybe they lack the "GenuineIntel" mark? Most software that is not 6x86-aware detect them as i486. I don't mind, my P150+ with FreeBSD flies! Alex