Comment by nrr
3 days ago
Specifically, the BeOS required support for the rtdsc instruction for its timing, and that was only available on the Pentium chips or later.
3 days ago
Specifically, the BeOS required support for the rtdsc instruction for its timing, and that was only available on the Pentium chips or later.
Whoops, you're right. I was confused which machine I had BeOS on.
This was my Pentium III.
My 486 was the machine immediately before my Pentium III.
I installed BeOS when I got my new Pentium III in 1999/2000.