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- From: boutell@isis.cshl.org (Tom Boutell)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: AMD386-40: Any Problems?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.193044.16313@cshl.org>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 19:30:44 GMT
- Sender: news@cshl.org (NO MAIL)
- Organization: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
- Lines: 19
- Originator: boutell@athena
-
- Well, it's done: I just became a wholly owned subsidiary of
- Discover Card.
-
- Er, I mean, I just ordered myself a Fastdata 386-40.
-
- This thing looks wonderful (Et4000 - based graphics system, 170 - mb
- Maxtor hard drive with an MTBF of never mind, only $1500), but
- I wonder if anyone has successfully *or* unsuccessfully run
- Linux with an AMD 386 (*not* Intel)? Let me know. I stupidly forgot
- to ask whether the mouse was bus or serial, so I may be screwed,
- Xwise, depending.
-
- Also, do I need a '387 to run Linux? I'm a little vague on that.
-
- --
- Tom Boutell (Editor, VOICE Magazine)
- boutell@cshl.org
- Believe it or not there is life after college. At least if you live
- near NYC.
-