From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Sep 16 11:47:00 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA12290 for chat-outgoing; Tue, 16 Sep 1997 11:47:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gratis.grondar.za (gratis.grondar.za [196.7.18.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA12277 for ; Tue, 16 Sep 1997 11:46:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from greenpeace.grondar.za (greenpeace.grondar.za [196.7.18.132]) by gratis.grondar.za (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA14418; Tue, 16 Sep 1997 20:46:32 +0200 (SAT) Received: from greenpeace.grondar.za (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by greenpeace.grondar.za (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA08882; Tue, 16 Sep 1997 20:46:50 +0200 (SAT) Message-Id: <199709161846.UAA08882@greenpeace.grondar.za> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Brian Tao cc: FREEBSD-CHAT-L Subject: Re: SMP motherboard advice... Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 20:46:49 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I dunno about the MMX, but the Giga-Byte GA586DX does the rest. Visit www.giga-byte.com. I am a happy customer. M Brian Tao wrote: > I'm not sure if this motherboard even exists, so I'm tossing out > the question here before moving it to freebsd-smp or other list. Is > there a product out there that has the following features: > > * dual Pentium MMX CPU support > * at least 75 MHz bus speed > * at least 4 PCI slots > * at least 3 SDRAM slots > * can cache a full 512MB of RAM > * on-board ultrawide SCSI > * must work with FreeBSD-SMP ;-) > > I've always gone with ASUS, but the closest product they have is > the P/I-P65UP5 and the P/E-P55T2P4D, neither of which have SDRAM > support or on-board SCSI, and the P65UP5 uses a proprietary CPU > daughtercard. I'm thinking of putting together a system with dual > P166's or P200's, possibly overclocked to 225 MHz (75*3). > > Is there such a beast out there, or should I forego the SDRAM > requirement (I doubt it would make a difference for what will > basically be my personal gaming machine). > -- > Brian Tao (BT300, taob@netcom.ca) > "Though this be madness, yet there is method in't" > -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org