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From: Mike Holland
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1996 00:00

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Bruce Campbell (campbell.bruce.ba@bhp.com.au) wrote:
: I am about to embark on purchasing a 686 for my linux box. I 
: visited the Cyrix web page which has a compatible OS list. 
: Linux is there (although it gives no details of version or 
: quirks)

Make sure you check the benchmarks _with_the_motherboard_!
I got a Cyrix 586, and it performed rather less than the claimed
speed on my motherboard, even though the bios & board supported it.

-- 
Mike Holland <myk@cygnus.uwa.edu.au>   (UWA is just my ISP)
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Date: 1996/06/27
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