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- From: markst@chips.com (Mark Storkamp)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.intel
- Subject: Re: Help - Cyrix processors, anyone know for sure?
- Message-ID: <4184@news.chips.com>
- Date: 16 Aug 92 20:03:48 GMT
- References: <0105010F.b54s7l@mprnews.mpr.com>
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- Organization: Chips and Technologies, San Jose, CA
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- In article <0105010F.b54s7l@mprnews.mpr.com> mslater@mpr.com writes:
- >It is true that the cache must be enabled by initialization software,
- >but this can be done by a program (supplied by Cyrix to its OEMs)
- >that in part of autoexec.bat.
- >
- Just one problem with that approach, though. If any software does a
- shutdown to get out of protected mode, the cache will be disabled.
- You really should upgrade your BIOS if one is available.
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- Mark Storkamp
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