From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Aug 20 19:08:13 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA22376 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 20 Aug 1997 19:08:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hobbes.saturn-tech.com (drussell@drussell.internode.net [198.161.228.154]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA22369 for ; Wed, 20 Aug 1997 19:08:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (drussell@localhost) by hobbes.saturn-tech.com (8.8.4/8.8.2) with SMTP id UAA17961; Wed, 20 Aug 1997 20:07:52 -0600 (MDT) Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 20:07:52 -0600 (MDT) From: Doug Russell To: Kyle Mestery cc: "Michael K. Sanders" , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Source for 150MHz PPro? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 19 Aug 1997, Kyle Mestery wrote: > > I'm quite sure I can still get 'em for you... Unfortunately, I'm at home > > now so I can't double check right now. I'll check when I hit the office > > in the morning and let you know. > > > > Later...... > > > Could you post this to the list? I am also interested in possibly getting > some 150s. Thanks. Sorry for the delay, folks. The 150s are getting a LOT harder to find than I thought. I called just about all of my suppliers yesterday, and everyone said they were permanently out of stock now. Two I needed to call back, but I ended up out mapping a new network for a client yesterday afternoon. ANYWAY.... To the point. I managed to scrounge up a whack of 150s. How many people are interested? I should have up to about 30 available. I've thought about getting a dual P6 board and loading it with a couple of 150s for quite a while. If you run them at 66 Mhz bus, they should make a nice *cheap* dual 166 system, which beats the pants off a more expensive single processor machine. I may do that given the current prices, and near zilch availability we are getting into. For those who are interested, each 150 chip is $189 in Canadian dollars. For those of you in the US, exchange rate is *quite* favourable. $1.00US is about $1.35 Canadian right now, so each chip works out to about $140US. Shipping, applicable taxes, etc. is extra, but minimal. Shipping hurts less (not that FedExing a processor costs that much :) ) if you need a new dual processor board or something too. I've got Gigabyte 686DX boards for $499 Canadian (about $370US after exchange) or ASUS dual pro boards for $709 Canadian (about $525US). Or, of course, just about any other hardware you could possibly desire. :) Anyone who is interested in any of this stuff, send e-mail to drussell@saturn-tech.com, and I'll give you our 1-800 number to call me. Saturn is located in Calgary, Alberta, for those who are interested. Later...... Doug Russell President Saturn Computer Technologies Inc. A huge fan of FreeBSD!