Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 18:49:50 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: angio@aros.net (Dave Andersen) Cc: steve@gordian.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any Pentium Pro MB recommendations? Message-ID: <199605020919.SAA29510@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199605020747.BAA09098@terra.aros.net> from "Dave Andersen" at May 2, 96 01:47:36 am
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Dave Andersen stands accused of saying: > > See: > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/wcarchive.configuration > > Which basically says: > > Alder SMP motherboard, Orion Chipset, a 150Mhz pentium pro. Given > wcarchive's performance, it's a pretty solid contender. DO NOT BE MISLED by other boards with the 'Orion' chipset. Most suffer from the PCI-posted-write bug and will perform _AWFULLY_. Unless something drastic has happened in the last few months, there are _no_ decent P6 motherboards generally available. The 'Alder' chassis is a special Intel Server Group product, and is AFAIK not generally available. > -Dave Andersen -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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