From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jun 10 17:24:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA16051 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 10 Jun 1997 17:24:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Ilsa.StevesCafe.com (Ilsa.StevesCafe.com [205.168.119.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA16044 for ; Tue, 10 Jun 1997 17:24:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Ilsa.StevesCafe.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Ilsa.StevesCafe.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA22395; Tue, 10 Jun 1997 18:24:23 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199706110024.SAA22395@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0gamma 1/27/96 From: Steve Passe To: dave@persprog.com cc: Chuck Robey , Tom Samplonius , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fastest possible FreeBSD system? In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 10 Jun 1997 20:06:08 EDT." <339DEBF0.49FC2B3E@persprog.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 18:24:23 -0600 Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, > > I would be willing to believe this is generally true, Were they close > > enough > > that a PII-300 would overcome the PPro? The PII will continue to get > > faster, > > the PPro is probably frozen @ 200mHz. > They were very close, as I recall. A 300 should pull ahead but if this > is Deschutes it is probably plugging into Slot Two. Slot One evidently > has some shortcomings (just like PCI 1.0). Intel is obviously > downplaying this changeover. no, I was thinking PII-300, which has been announced, but is NOT yet shipping. the Deschutes/slot2 is yet another piece of the puzzle. It presummably is a majot step up, amd should be available in the 6-12 month time frame. -- Steve Passe | powered by smp@csn.net | Symmetric MultiProcessor FreeBSD