From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Sep 27 22:35:43 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA08178 for hardware-outgoing; Sat, 27 Sep 1997 22:35:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kithrup.com (kithrup.com [205.179.156.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA08168 for ; Sat, 27 Sep 1997 22:35:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from sef@localhost) by kithrup.com (8.8.5/8.6.6) id WAA29498; Sat, 27 Sep 1997 22:35:37 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 22:35:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Sean Eric Fagan Message-Id: <199709280535.WAA29498@kithrup.com> To: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: supermicro p6sns/p6sas In-Reply-To: <199709280516.WAA04321.kithrup.freebsd.hardware@mindbender.serv.net> References: Your message of Sat, 27 Sep 97 22:41:10 -0500. <19970927224110.13321@my.domain> Organization: Kithrup Enterprises, Ltd. Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In article <199709280516.WAA04321.kithrup.freebsd.hardware@mindbender.serv.net> you write: >Socket 8 indeed appears to have been a limited detour. Slot 1 may in >time be superceeded by something better. But it has much more >potential than Socket 8 at this point in time. Is Socket 8 the P6 thing? Slot 1 is dead. Intel has admitted that it will be replaced by a Slot Two very soon. The big advantage of Slot One is -- it's patented. Nobody but Intel can make a Slot One formfactor module. In fact, nobody could make a Slot One capable motherboard without Intel's permission. I've already stated my opinions about Intel in regards to this, previously, so I won't do so again. >Socket 7, however, has some serious bandwidth problems. AMD's electrical engineers say they have ways to do it. You'll have to get a new motherboard, and I don't know how compatible it will be, but they say they can do it. Since I don't do hardware, I generally take their words at it :). Reply to me, or to the list; please don't do both.