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  1. Re:Something that you need to know by marnanel · · Score: 2 · on Konqueror Supporting ActiveX

    How is the Intel-compatible platform a monopoly? There are other companies producing x86 compatible chips, aren't there? (Just as it's not the Windows platform that's the monopoly but the product-- that's why WINE isn't collusion with the "enemy".)
    my plan

  2. Re:Why should I run OpenBSD? by ncc74656 · · Score: 2 · on OpenBSD 2.7 Released
    My problem with linux has been (lately) that when I try to install redhat, the install terminates.

    Sounds like a Redh*t problem...but then you said you tried Debian, too. Back in the day, I started with SLS, then went to Slackware...nowadays, I'm using SuSE. (I took a quick detour into Corel Linux (based on Debian), but I couldn't get it dialed in just the way I wanted and didn't want to waste the time to figure it out when I knew how SuSE is configured.) I've installed SuSE on everything from a Cyrix 5x86 up to a K6-III and have never run into problems. I can't say that I've ever used Redh*t, but it seems that when someone posts to comp.os.linux.* or /. with a "Linux problem," it often ends up being a Redh*t problem.

    I tried one of the BSDs (don't remember which one) a few years ago...there didn't seem to be anywhere near as much activity swirling around it as for Linux, so it didn't stay on my computer long. Now that my NetWare server setup is trashed (flaky i430VX-based motherboard, not a software problem...funny how most of the hardware problems I've run across have been with Chipzilla hardware, not stuff from this underdog or that underdog) and the machine it was on is fixed, maybe it's time for another trip into "BSD-land."

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  3. New Cyrix chip! Just look at this... by psicic · · Score: 1 · on AMD's Duron Slated For June
    As some of the other posters already said, Cyrix was bought out, then passed around like a hot potato. Then, after VIA bought them, they started working on project Joshua. Nowwwww....

    There is a new chip in town : The VIA Cyrix III!

    Okay, let me clarify: I'm a student, not in anyway connected with Cyrix...heck, I didn't even have a PC in the glory-days of Cyrix(I had an ST and Amiga...). But I think the entry of a third party into the processor wars can only be a good thing.
    The Cyrix III comes in several flavours: from the 433 to 533
    So, what's it got?
    • Integrated 64Kb L1 cache and 256Kb L2 cache
    • 133MHz FSB
    • dual issue FPU
    • full MMX and 3DNOW! instruction sets
    • Socket 370
    • and a whole other mess of groovy things!

    The price, last time I checked, was about $80/Stg£50/IRL£60.
    Okay...it isn't 1GHz stuff, so why get excited? Well read on...
    When AMD started to compete for the home market, how often did it's processors get a positive review, how often did 'experts' refuse to even consider AMD credible as an alternative to Intel - and be honest, because a lot of people who are gushing about how great AMD are these days(and there is no question, they are great!) wouldn't give them a second glance a few years ago. Anyhow, Cyrix is only coming back into the fray now, but their chips look pretty good from where I'm sitting and, depending on your needs and budget, the chip could be a good choice. But wait...there's more...

    VIA are the chipset people : this is a marketing department's dream! Without streching the imagination or the resources of VIA too much, it wouldn't be hard to put together a motherboard and processor package sold at a discount - I'm not talking halving prices here, or anything, but decent discount - I won't quote figures. And there's more!

    Does anyone remember the 'old' Cyrix's project to have, and I quote, a "computer on a processor."? This means a one-chip computer...bios n' all. The time frame was to have the project finished by 2005...Anyone know how this project is going, if at all?
    Compaq is rumoured to be considering a *cheap* budget PC based on the new VIA Cyrix III, which would be good news for us "stick-the-screwdriver-in-there-and-I'll-turn-on-t he-power" techies who desperately want to try things out with modern PCs.
    Surf by VIACyrix's site for info on VIA/Cyrix
    or get the VIA Cyrix III info at: http://www.cyrix.com/products/cyr3brief .htm



    Just out of a matter of interest...what happened to all the other chip makers that had decided to compete against Intel during its reign...Cyrix and AMD were perhaps the most well known, but I seem to remember about three more...


  4. New Cyrix chip! Just look at this... by psicic · · Score: 1 · on AMD's Duron Slated For June
    As some of the other posters already said, Cyrix was bought out, then passed around like a hot potato. Then, after VIA bought them, they started working on project Joshua. Nowwwww....

    There is a new chip in town : The VIA Cyrix III!

    Okay, let me clarify: I'm a student, not in anyway connected with Cyrix...heck, I didn't even have a PC in the glory-days of Cyrix(I had an ST and Amiga...). But I think the entry of a third party into the processor wars can only be a good thing.
    The Cyrix III comes in several flavours: from the 433 to 533
    So, what's it got?
    • Integrated 64Kb L1 cache and 256Kb L2 cache
    • 133MHz FSB
    • dual issue FPU
    • full MMX and 3DNOW! instruction sets
    • Socket 370
    • and a whole other mess of groovy things!

    The price, last time I checked, was about $80/Stg£50/IRL£60.
    Okay...it isn't 1GHz stuff, so why get excited? Well read on...
    When AMD started to compete for the home market, how often did it's processors get a positive review, how often did 'experts' refuse to even consider AMD credible as an alternative to Intel - and be honest, because a lot of people who are gushing about how great AMD are these days(and there is no question, they are great!) wouldn't give them a second glance a few years ago. Anyhow, Cyrix is only coming back into the fray now, but their chips look pretty good from where I'm sitting and, depending on your needs and budget, the chip could be a good choice. But wait...there's more...

    VIA are the chipset people : this is a marketing department's dream! Without streching the imagination or the resources of VIA too much, it wouldn't be hard to put together a motherboard and processor package sold at a discount - I'm not talking halving prices here, or anything, but decent discount - I won't quote figures. And there's more!

    Does anyone remember the 'old' Cyrix's project to have, and I quote, a "computer on a processor."? This means a one-chip computer...bios n' all. The time frame was to have the project finished by 2005...Anyone know how this project is going, if at all?
    Compaq is rumoured to be considering a *cheap* budget PC based on the new VIA Cyrix III, which would be good news for us "stick-the-screwdriver-in-there-and-I'll-turn-on-t he-power" techies who desperately want to try things out with modern PCs.
    Surf by VIACyrix's site for info on VIA/Cyrix
    or get the VIA Cyrix III info at: http://www.cyrix.com/products/cyr3brief .htm



    Just out of a matter of interest...what happened to all the other chip makers that had decided to compete against Intel during its reign...Cyrix and AMD were perhaps the most well known, but I seem to remember about three more...


  5. Cyrix site by ch-chuck · · Score: 2 · on Jet3d Game Engine

    part of it still works http://apps.cyrix.com/, course all the pics from the www. are broken.

  6. Crystal Space, compare and contrast. by WasterDave · · Score: 2 · on Jet3d Game Engine

    Jeez, people are tripping over themselves to give the things away. You wouldn't want be relying on this to pay the rent, would you?

    Obligatory Crystal Space link.

    Commentary on all this vs LithTech (USD250,000 I understand), UnrealEngine (USD Loads), and Quake 3 engine (I dread to think how much) would be appreciated.

    Oh! And another. So many engines, so little time.

    Dave :)

    BTW, this got rejected - is Cyrix's website still broken?

  7. Whatever happened to the WebPad? by Schnake · · Score: 1 · on New Intel uP for Ultra-Cheap PCs

    Cyrix had a WebPad product ready for some time now, here's the link: http://www.cyrix.com/html/emerg ing/index.htm#webpad Ofcourse, I haven't heard much from it since, but if they could sell-off their WebPad technology to AMD, who in turn would replace the main processor, and form a partnership with major broadband ISPs, all the effort resulting in a low-cost, fast-access internet appliance!

  8. Comments... by TurkishGeek · · Score: 3 · on Cool Linux-based web device

    Overall, this looks like a great idea. It is much like Cyrix/NatSemi's Web Pad; only it is smaller and runs Linux instead of QNX. If they can offer this at an attractive price, I'm sure a lot of people will buy it. However, the wireless connection needs a bit of clarification-the system contains a DECT phone and I understand it utilizes the DECT system to connect to a base station in the house. DECT is another great European wireless technology standard (don't want to start another GSM vs. CDMA[insert any American(=Qualcomm) digital wireless technology abbreviation here] debate here; but they are pretty good at this stuff); but it is not common in the U.S. From a geek's point of view, the device looks wonderful. To be able to tap into the vast American market, though, they will need to come up with some other means of wireless connectivity, IMHO. Most people will not trash their existing phone system and go get DECT systems just for being able to use this in their home. And remember, this has a very limited range and will only let you access the Internet in or near your house (or wherever the DECT base station is).

    Still, given the incredible track record of Nordic people in wireless communications; I believe they should be able to find a way to make this work in the US using a different technology. Until then, I think this is strictly for Europeans. I am not even sure if DECT is permitted by the FCC in the US. Anyone with info on this??

  9. What's the status w. Cyrix? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on AMD beats Intel in January sales

    I think National Semiconductor bought out Cyrix relatively recently (last year). If you look at this section of their website, you can confirm that.

  10. This might be Cyrix's OEM... by T-Ranger · · Score: 1 · on Another Wireless Book

    I dont know if I got it from ./ or not, but Cyrix has made a 'proof of concept' WebPad.. Esentialy what we see here, except there getting OEMs to do all the final stuff.

    There paget is here

    It runs QNX, and OEMs can add things like PCMCIA sockets and whateverelse they feel like. Unlike, say, a WebTV, or a PalmPilot, it has a 'real' processor, a MediaGx. No, dont think of playing Quake III on it, but its still cool. Not a replacement to a PC, or even to a laptop. But how many people have or want both a Palm and a laptop? This fits in the middle, and its nothing to cary around a clipboard is it?

    I dont know if I'd buy a WebPad, but if they dropped the web and added another d... Where do I sign?

  11. Cyrix WebPAD by gavinhall · · Score: 1 · on Web Tablets - Wireless Web Browsers?

    Posted by X-Calibre:

    The Cyrix WebPAD could have many different configurations of hardware. Many of the configurations mentioned on this site are mentioned in this article at Cyrix. This baby can even support a harddrive if OEMs want to support it. It would be great to have my PC as a base for this thing. I'll start saving my money right now for when this comes out.