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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!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!newsrelay.netins.net!newsfeed.dacom.co.kr!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!news.maxwell.syr.edu!worldnet.att.net!feed1.news.erols.com!news From: mcampbel@erols.com (M. Campbell or Lee Cremeans ) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Does FreeBSD support Cyrix 6x86 P166+ ? Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 20:07:32 GMT Organization: This house? Are you kidding? Lines: 24 Message-ID: <5cqv6a$g23@boursy.news.erols.com> References: <32F0E12F.DEE@spider.net.hk> NNTP-Posting-Host: man-as3s34.erols.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:34759 "Lawrence W. Lee" <llwk@spider.net.hk> wrote: >Hi everyone, >I'd like to learn some Unix stuff and am now considering Linux and >FreeBSD. Someone told me that FreeBSD is more stable than Linux and the >availability of software is greater. Is that true? In addition, I have >a few questions before I can delve into the world of FreeBSD: >i. Does FreeBSD support Matrox Millenium? I've got an MGA with 4Mb >WRAM. Yes, it does. Actually, the support is in XFree86, so this applies to linux as well. Version 3.2 supports the Millennium in the XF86_SVGA server in either 8-bit (256-color) or 16-bit (65,000-color) modes. >ii. Does FreeBSD support Cyrix P166+ (or even P200+)? I'm planning to >upgrade my machine from Intel P90 to Cyrix P166+. Yes, as a 486-class chip. Should still be as fast, though. :) Lee C.