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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!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!enews.sgi.com!news.caldera.com!news.eli.net!s_leigh.dtint.com!user From: seth_leigh@dtint.com (Seth Leigh) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Does FreeBSD support Cyrix 6x86 P166+ ? Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 13:08:52 -0800 Organization: Digital Technology International, Inc. Lines: 33 Message-ID: <seth_leigh-1702971308520001@s_leigh.dtint.com> References: <32F0E12F.DEE@spider.net.hk> NNTP-Posting-Host: itchy.itsnet.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35639 I just set up my FreeBSD box in the last few weeks. I use a Cyrix P166+ chip in it, and it runs great. Results from Bytebench, a benchmark package you can install with FreeBSD, showed that my Cyrix P166+ got slightly better performance (on my motherboard) than another fellow's Intel Pentium 166 (on his motherboard, about which I know nothing). That ought to be fast enough for you. In article <32F0E12F.DEE@spider.net.hk>, 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. > ii. Does FreeBSD support Cyrix P166+ (or even P200+)? I'm planning to > upgrade my machine from Intel P90 to Cyrix P166+. > > Thank you very very much in advance. > > > Lawrence > <llwk@spider.net.hk> -- J. Seth Leigh seth_leigh@dtint.com Digital Technology Int. (801)226-2984 500 W. 1200 South, Orem UT, 84057 FAX (801) 226-8438