19 Dec
2005
19 Dec
'05
5 a.m.
On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 21:47 -0600, Matt Lawrence wrote:
Ummm, I don't consider many of the VIA mini-ITX systems to be "outdated"
ViA EPIA Mini-ITX systems are ViA C3 cores, and run i686 just fine -- including cmov.
or even my Soekris net4801. Special purpose perhaps, but not outdated.
Unfortunately, i686 is largely the name of the game.
i586 is optimized for genuine Pentium-only. It sucks on both i486 _and_ i686 hardware, including Intel's own Pentium Pro and later.
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