From: callison@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (James P. Callison) Subject: Re: AMD386 vs. Intel386 & external cache problems Date: 16 Aug 1992 05:16:31 GMT
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
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