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echo: meadow
to: JOE ROWEHL
from: BOB JUGE
date: 1996-10-13 08:05:00
subject: Problem - X00

Joe Rowehl wrote in a message to Peter Brownwater:
 > PROBLEM:  I upgraded again, from the 486-50DX to a Cyrus 6x86 and   
 >           To an INTEL 1430 VX CHIPSET PENTIUM System Board and now 
 >           notice a significant delay reseting the comm port.  It 
 >           simply will sit and wait sometimes for 3 or 4 seconds, 
 >           othertimes for 20 seconds or more
 >
 >      Anyone have an idea why?
 
 JR>      I spoke to a field engineer at work today about your problem. 
 JR> It seems the Cyrix 686's run at a significantly higher speed than
 JR> other processors, and will also accept non-sequential instructions.
 JR> This seems to drive FOSSIL's crazy. His recommendation is to try
 JR> either DigiFoss or BNU, as X00 and the Cyrix 686's seem to not like
 JR> each other a whole bunch.  
I have run X00 v1.53a successfully on a P6-200 at home and a P-166 at work, 
so I don't think your field engineer's thinking regarding the Cyrix 686's 
speed is on target here, Joe.
                                   - Bob
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