Re: AMD K6

Simon Karpen (slk@linux1.acm.rpi.edu)
Sun, 4 May 1997 15:31:21 -0400 (EDT)

i've exchanged mail with somebody who posted a similar problem
to the newsgroups. they got it working by replacing their
Biostar motherboard with a SP-P5VD. (i don't know exactly what
brand that is, sorry).

from what I can gather, it's not the chip, but that a number of
motherboards aren't stable with it. however, considering that
at least one person (lindsay computer systems, www.jumpnet.com/~lcs/)
seems to be selling linux boxes based on the tx-97 and the K6, it does work.

note that it only works with certain (recent) revisions of the TX-97,
at least according to the Asus web site.

Simon Karpen
karpes@rpi.edu slk@acm.rpi.edu slk@karpes.stu.rpi.edu
"Fixing Unix is easier than living with NT."
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