From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 01:15:05 -0500
From: Brandon Black photon@nol.net
Subject: [9fans] Comprehensive list of supported x86 motherboards?
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I've successfully (sp?) used the AMD 5x86-133 (which, despite the name,
are really a 486 clone on coke or something) as a Plan 9 termina, file
server and CPU server, with no hacks, no updates anmd no problems.  It
identifies as a 486-133 with most OS's, including Plan 9.

Brandon


On Sat, 20 Sep 1997 forsyth@caldo.demon.co.uk wrote:

> i wrote that i'd had no trouble with Cyrix x86, but i've been told that someone
> had trouble with the Cyrix 486's floating-point.  although i wrote Cyrix x86,
> i was thinking only of pentium-level chips on pentium motherboards;
> there are two Cyrix chips at that level (586 and 686),
> and i'll need to check which of those (if not both) i've actually used.
> 
> i AM using AMD K5 (for a file server) and K6-200 (for my terminal).
>