On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Shaun Cloherty wrote:
> Is anybody aware of Linux running on an AMD 5x86-133 (DX5-133)..... or is anyone
>aware of
> any reason Linux wouldn't run on such a beast?? As I understand it, this
> is a pentium processor that looks, from the outside, like a 486.... can
> anyone confirm this??
The AMD "586" chip is, in fact, a 486. It's a quad clocked internally,
dual clocked externally {double a 486/66} clone of Intel's 486 chip.
AMD might have added some little tweaks, but it's in no way a Pentium
class processor.
DaZZa
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