Is there no end

From: Doc <doc_at_mdrconsult.com>
Date: Fri Dec 14 17:12:39 2001

On Fri, 14 Dec 2001 UberTechnoid_at_home.com wrote:

> Yea. I think some of thier 486dlc chips also bore that little emblem.
> Don't worry. I used to run OS/2 on an AMD486 and on the 486dlc. The
> processors are completely compatible with Intel's as far as I've been able
> to see.

 Well, I never had problems with the 486 AMD & Cyrix, and that dlc flat
smoked a comparable Intel 486, but I've had both AMD K-6 and Cyrix 686
boxes in the 166-200mHz class, and they did not fare well with Windows.
Constant lockups and the occasional hard freeze. I'm quite sure it
wasn't a hardware issue, such as thermal problems, because Linux ran
just fine on all of them.
 Having said all that, I'm convinced that the IBM/Cyrix 686 bot its bad
rap mostly from third-rate integrators and $4 HS/fan combos. I charged a
BUNCH of $50-$75 service call to pop the heatsink, spread some thermal
paste, and put the cover back on.

  Doc




>
> In <S.0000001761_at_mythtech.net>, on 12/14/01
> at 04:06 PM, Chris <mythtech_at_Mac.com> said:
>
> >Ugh... this takes the cake.
>
> >I was pulling apart a 486 logic board, and I pulled the heat sink off the
> > chip... to be greated with an AMD 486 chip with "Made for Microsoft
> >Windows" and the Windows logo stamped on it.
>
> >What... no other OS is supposed to use an intel compatible processor?!? I
> > am sure anyone that bought this chip to use with any other OS probably
> >paid an MS tax because of that stamp!
>
> >Just for that, I think I might see if I can get my Intel build of
> >Rhapsody to install on it.
>
> >Ok, so it isn't 10 years or older, but at least you people can understand
> > the pain.
>
> >-c
>
>
>
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