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SubjectRe: MMX Technologie
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Amy wrote:
:
:
:
: On Sun, 23 Mar 1997, Seth M. Landsman wrote:
:
: > On Sun, 23 Mar 1997, Elijah L. Wright wrote:
: >
: > > > K6 is AMD's pentium-pro comeptitive chip, and it has MMX instructions.
: > >
: > > Hmm. Are the instructions compatible all the way down-to-the-wire with
: > > those from Intel?? Just a thought. Might be an easy way to build a
: > > really fast, inexpensive machine.
: >
: > I would assume so ... I know a few people with Cyrix or AMD based
: > Linux boxes ...
:
: I have an AMD 586 133 and a couple Cyrix 686P166+ Linux boxes, and they
: work great. The Cyrix is definitely much faster. There are a few things
: to consider though, Linux seems to have some problem with the cache on
: the AMD, it has to be disabled in some cases to get the BogoMips to read
: correctly. And the Cyrix has the same problem, but only during
: installation does the cache need to be disabled, Linux does something
: weird with the write-through. Cyrix's page has all the details. Other
: than that, they work excellent!
:
: Amy
:
:

I have an AMD 586 133 too. It runs 2.1.29 and 2.0.29. It says 66.36
bogomips. (ASUS sp3 board) It runs fine !

Bas.

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