Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 08:51:43 -0400 (EDT) From: "Eric J. Chet" <ejc@bazzle.com> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: Wilson MacGyver <macgyver@db-net.com>, Don@PartsNow.com, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 7860 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970501084832.2533A-100000@gargoyle.bazzle.com> In-Reply-To: <199705010236.MAA02021@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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On Thu, 1 May 1997, Michael Smith wrote: > Wilson MacGyver stands accused of saying: > > Michael Smith wrote: > > > The 7860 on the newer 2940's can only track three. There is support > > > (the SCBPAGING option) for shuffling among these three to handle more > > > simultaneous transactions, but obviously this requires more work on > > > the part of the driver. > > > So does all adptect 2940 use the 7860 now? I was getting ready to > > buy a 5-6 of them, as well as several motherboards that has it > > built-in. > > According to Rod Grimes, yes. At least one motherboard (the Tekram > P5H30-WS) is still using the 7880, as of our last purchase a few weeks > back. Hello The GigaByte-586DX mainboard also uses the 7880 chip. Another plus with this board is that it supports two pentiums. 8) It sells for about $300 with 512K of pipeline burst cache. Eric > > > -- Wilson MacGyver macgyver@db-net.com > > -- > ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ > ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ > ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ > ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ > ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[ >
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