"Paul (NCC/CS)" wrote:
> 
> Hi People,
> 
> As far as port i386 NetBSD is concerned, is the AMD
> athlon processor 100% ok to use?
> 
> The new box I'm getting here at work is going to be
> AMD unless I say I need INTEL because I run NetBSD.
> I'm pretty sure AMD is meant to be totally INTEL
> compatible, but I'd like to be sure because I want to
> keep running NetBSD at work when the new hardware
> arrives and I've never had to answer this before.

I'm using NetBSD on an Athlon based machine and have
no problem with compatibility at all. Besides, price,
performance, and stability - Athlon surpasses Pentium
III/4 in almost every respect. 

Jun-Young

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