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echo: meadow
to: BOB JUGE
from: JOE ROWEHL
date: 1996-10-14 10:19:00
subject: Re: Problem - X00

 >>      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.
 
     There's two items mentioned there - speed, and non-sequential 
instructions. There are quite a few differences bwteeen a Pentium and a Cyrix 
686. In any case, trying a different FOSSIL should be relatively simple, no?  
:-)
 
          Joe
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