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- From: callison@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (James P. Callison)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: AMD386 vs. Intel386 & external cache problems
- Keywords: AMD 386 Intel cache
- Message-ID: <1992Aug16.051631.2482@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu>
- Date: 16 Aug 92 05:16:31 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug15.221834.25074@crd.ge.com> davidsen@crd.ge.com (bill davidsen) writes:
- >In article <1992Aug15.071904.27918@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu>, callison@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (James P. Callison) writes:
- >
- >| If it _is_ a problem with the AMD chips, it's only on their 40Mhz chips;
- >| I have a bulding full of PCs with AMD386 processors, and not a one of them
- >| has given me any trouble. Including the AMD386DX-33 in my machine (which
- >| has run everything from Linux to OS/2 2.0 to NetWare 3.11).
- >
- > I wouldn't run OS/2 on /my/ system, I'm afraid I'll corrode the bits!
-
- Hell, the thing withstood DOS _and_ Windows; it'll hold up to OS/2. :-)
- (Actually, I need OS/2 to run some NetWare Management utilities. And I actually
- like it. Sure, it's not Linux, but it's better than Windows!)
-
- James
-
- James P. Callison Microcomputer Coordinator OU Law Library
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- DISCLAIMER: I'm not an engineer, but I play one at work...
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