Jack Trampler - N2JT writes:
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> Hello Fellow TR Users,
>
> I am going to be purchasing a new computer shortly. I will be getting a 350
> MHz or faster machine and am considering the AMD K6-2 chip. I seem to
> recall that several hams had problems running TR with this chip at high
> speed. Does anyone have any input or comments on this? Does anyone know of
> conflicts with the AMD chip and other software? Should I stick with the
> Pentium II chip? All comments and opinions are appreciated.
I am running the K6-2 350 Mhz machine here and TR-Log
has no problems with it.
One word of caution is that if you are going to run
windows 95 on this processor you need to get a
patch from microsoft to fix a problem that win95
has in regards to the K6-2 350Mhz and faster chips.
It is also my understanding that this is a windows
problme and not a problem with the AMD chip.
The problem is not fatal - just annoying at boot time - and
then only sometimes. Microsoft only offers this
patch for win95 osr2 and above - not for win95 or win95 osr1.
Win98 works fine.
DOS is not affected as far as I know or could tell.
You can find more information here:
http://www.amd.com/products/cpg/k623d/win95_update_k6.html
The chip is fast and has been working very well for me.
73
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