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- From: kenc@sol.acs.unt.edu (Ken Corey - Operator)
- Subject: Re: Don't upgrade to cyrix 486 from 386 yet...
- Message-ID: <kenc.713626254@sol.acs.unt.edu>
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- Organization: University of North Texas
- References: <1992Aug11.155045.20895@mercury.unt.edu> <1992Aug11.212938.12572@crd.ge.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 13:30:54 GMT
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- davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen) writes:
- > You realize that you're telling this to people who use an "OEM only"
- >/operating system/, with no refund if it doesn't work. At least Cyrix
- >won't release patches ;-)
-
- *grin* That's right. There's no patch program we can run that'll upgrade
- microcode...on a cyrix 486DLC, so, in order to save time and trouble, I
- figured that I'd let the net know what Cyrix said...
-
- I mean, with software, you can continue to tweak it until it works. With
- hardware, you're sorta stuck unless you've got good diagnostic devices.
-
- Of course the gentleman of asian extraction I spoke with on the phone
- assured me that it would work "very well". Hrm...I wonder if he's talked to
- Cyrix lately?
-
- > "What's Linux?"
- > "A new hardware diagnostic tool, Pete."
-
- Funny, according to my last girlfriend, Linux is a method of punishing
- wayward girlfriends...;)
-
- --
- Ken == kenc@sol.acs.unt.edu == kenc@vaxb.acs.unt.edu
- One difference between a man and a machine is that a machine is quiet
- when well oiled.
-