Re: Athlon and Linux

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From: Allan Duncan
Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 00:00

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In article <37CC96A0.34E2745C@anu.edu.au>,
Rado Faletic  <Rado.Faletic@anu.edu.au> wrote:
>
>Has anyone got Linux running on an AMD-Athlon?
>
>I'd be interested in knowing how well such a system performs (both price
>and numerical power), and how it compares to a PIII or Alpha.

In order to run the Athlon you need to plug it into a motherboard.
I asked a couple of reps at the computer show last week, and production
boards are still about a month off.

And I'm sure there will need to be some tweaks of the kernel to best use
the Athlon's features.

Allan Duncan  a.duncan@trl.telstra.com.au  (+613) 9253 6708, Fax 9253 6776
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 Telstra Research Labs, Box 249 Rosebank MDC
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Date: 1999/09/06
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