From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Aug 6 20:50:48 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA01386 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 6 Aug 1996 20:50:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from MindBender.HeadCandy.com (root@mindbender.headcandy.com [199.238.225.168]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA01376 for ; Tue, 6 Aug 1996 20:50:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.HeadCandy.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id UAA21032; Tue, 6 Aug 1996 20:50:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199608070350.UAA21032@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.HeadCandy.com: Host michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Rob Snow cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: P6 Natoma chipset In-reply-to: Your message of Tue, 06 Aug 96 12:56:42 -0500. Date: Tue, 06 Aug 1996 20:50:33 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >I've got a Dual CPU Natoma board (OEM Microsatar) with one CPU. It runs [...] >On a side note: >I noticed a program (DOS) called VIDSPEED which enables several features >(write posting and write combining) for the orion that appear to work with >the Natoma. Under DOS they've increased PCI graphics card throughput from >25M(pixel/byte?)/sec to 75M(pixel/byte?)/sec. I believe that >this is actually generic to the PCI bus and not just the graphics >card. I was wondering if anyone seen the critter and docs and if this >could be (or already is) included in Free/NetBSD. I believe a decent current BIOS should be able to do this. I just ordered the SuperMicro Dual P6 board (with one 200MHz CPU). Well see when it arrives. :-) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... Roll your own Internet access -- Seattle People's Internet cooperative. If you're in the Seattle area, ask me how. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------