Received: from PACIFIC-CARRIER-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po7.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA29843; Sat, 2 Dec 95 15:03:02 EST Received: from freefall.FreeBSD.ORG by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA21697; Sat, 2 Dec 95 15:02:00 EST Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with SMTP id JAA13150 ; Sat, 2 Dec 1995 09:11:57 -0800 Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id JAA12363 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 2 Dec 1995 09:07:05 -0800 Received: from localhost.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with SMTP id JAA12348 ; Sat, 2 Dec 1995 09:07:01 -0800 Message-Id: <199512021707.JAA12348@freefall.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: Host localhost.cdrom.com didn't use HELO protocol To: peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Anyone got FreeBSD working a P6? In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 02 Dec 1995 05:25:55 CST." <199512021125.FAA16053@bonkers.taronga.com> Date: Sat, 02 Dec 1995 09:07:00 -0800 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk >In article <199511042149.WAA21203@allegro.lemis.de>, >Greg Lehey wrote: >>Amancio Hasty Jr. writes: >>> I was just reading comp.sys.intel and the 200Mhz P6's performance looks >>> really cool 8) > >>Don't believe it. The magazines over here are full of the fact that >>it's a flop, since it takes forever to change from 32 to 16 bit mode >>and back again. > >Why on earth would we want to change from 32 to 16 bit mode? To run your DOS emulator. -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================