What do you mean by "the 486 optimized version"?

Tom.

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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Erylon Hines
> Sent: 01 March 2002 21:51
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] mandrake 7.0
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> I've run the 7.0 486 optimized version on a P90 (packard hell) 
> and it worked just fine.  The only item built in was a 1M CL 
> video card.  So, the answer is probably, depending on what 
> hardware you have plugged into your Olivetti. If your hardware is 
> pretty standard stuff I'd say give it a try, if you have non-ide 
> drives you might want to use another distro for easier setup.  If 
> you have the 486 optimized version I think you should use that 
> one instead of the Pentium version--in my experience it works 
> better with the sloooooow Pentiums.  It'll be a learning 
> experience because you're going to have to do a lot of work 
> setting up your hardware.  
> 
> BTW, I have a working P75 with the 486-7.0 sitting in my garage, 
> so it works on even slower machines.
> 
> e. 
> 
> On Fri, 1 Mar 2002 16:24:01 -0000
> "Tom Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone know if Mandrake 7.0 would work on an Ollivetti Echo P90s?
> > 
> > Please reply,
> > 
> > Tom.
> > 
> 
> 

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