Joe Rowehl wrote in a message to Bob Juge:
> 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
> JR> than other processors, and will also accept non-sequential
> JR> instructions. This seems to drive FOSSIL's crazy. His
> JR> recommendation is to try either DigiFoss or BNU, as X00 and the
> JR> Cyrix 686's seem to not like 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.
JR> There's two items mentioned there - speed, and non-sequential
JR> instructions. There are quite a few differences bwteeen a Pentium
JR> and a Cyrix 686. In any case, trying a different FOSSIL should be
JR> relatively simple, no? :-)
The Pentium Pro also accepts non-sequential instructions, I believe.
X00 is industrial-strength (as FOSSILs go), and should not be affected by
hardware at all.
- Bob
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