dominusprog wrote on Today, 15:45:

Guys, is there a patch/update for Windows95 on supporting the Cyrix 6x86 processors?

You mean so WIn95 sees it as something other than a 486? I don't believe so, but I may be wrong.

If I recall correctly, the 6x86 was Win95 certified by Microsoft at the time, but because it was released after Windows 95, the identification routine incorrectly labels it a 486 based on how the CPU responds to the query. I don't remember there being any issues becasue of it, but again, that was a long time ago and I may be misremembering. I had a 6x86 running Windows 95 back then, before moving to a Pentium, and I don't recall any issues specific to the 6x86.

dominusprog wrote on Today, 15:45:

Guys, is there a patch/update for Windows95 on supporting the Cyrix 6x86 processors?

There was a patch for Cyrix 6x86 Microprocessors
https://jeffpar.github.io/kbarchive/id/win95x/
https://jeffpar.github.io/kbarchive/kb/156/Q156437/

I think it was rolled into Windows OSR 2 (aka Win95b) along with a lot of other good stuff, so maybe just run Windows 95b ?

Edit -- The win95 patch was mostly cosmetic. Windows NT had bigger issues

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/bananas,9.html

StriderTR wrote on Today, 16:44:

dominusprog wrote on Today, 15:45:

Guys, is there a patch/update for Windows95 on supporting the Cyrix 6x86 processors?

You mean so WIn95 sees it as something other than a 486? I don't believe so, but I may be wrong.

If I recall correctly, the 6x86 was Win95 certified by Microsoft at the time, but because it was released after Windows 95, the identification routine incorrectly labels it a 486 based on how the CPU responds to the query. I don't remember there being any issues becasue of it, but again, that was a long time ago and I may be misremembering. I had a 6x86 running Windows 95 back then, before moving to a Pentium, and I don't recall any issues specific to the 6x86.

Some drivers like AWE64 installer or games like NFS2 detect the processor as a 486. So it'll be nice if Windows detects it correctly.

douglar wrote on Today, 16:48:

There was a patch for Cyrix 6x86 Microprocessors https://jeffpar.github.io/kbarchive/id/win95x/ https://jeffpar.github.io/kbarch […]
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dominusprog wrote on Today, 15:45:

Guys, is there a patch/update for Windows95 on supporting the Cyrix 6x86 processors?

There was a patch for Cyrix 6x86 Microprocessors
https://jeffpar.github.io/kbarchive/id/win95x/
https://jeffpar.github.io/kbarchive/kb/156/Q156437/

I think it was rolled into Windows OSR 2 (aka Win95b) along with a lot of other good stuff, so maybe just run Windows 95b ?

Edit -- The win95 patch was mostly cosmetic. Windows NT had bigger issues

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/bananas,9.html

Yes, thank you. The Q156437 is what that I was looking for 🙂.

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