From owner-freebsd-smp Sat May 23 07:45:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA03066 for freebsd-smp-outgoing; Sat, 23 May 1998 07:45:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from abby.skypoint.net (abby.skypoint.net [199.86.32.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA03061 for ; Sat, 23 May 1998 07:45:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bruce@zuhause.mn.org) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by abby.skypoint.net (8.8.7/jl 1.3) with UUCP id JAA09508; Sat, 23 May 1998 09:45:27 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from bruce@localhost) by zuhause.mn.org (8.8.8/8.8.7) id JAA25691; Sat, 23 May 1998 09:38:12 -0500 (CDT) From: Bruce Albrecht Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 09:38:12 -0500 (CDT) To: Peter Dufault Cc: smp@csn.net (Steve Passe), smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: good deal on hardware In-Reply-To: <199805231152.HAA06265@hda.hda.com> References: <199805221943.NAA03672@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> <199805231152.HAA06265@hda.hda.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.43 under 20.4 "Emerald" XEmacs Lucid Message-ID: <13670.56929.643140.106138@zuhause.zuhause.mn.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.108) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Peter Dufault writes: > Given John Dyson's warning about the second CPU, can you comment > about the requirements on the second processor? I checked and > Insight doesn't list 200MHz PIIs, and the 233 MHz they list says > 512K cache instead of the 256K on the Toshiba (I don't follow the > CPU hardware closely and wouldn't know a misprint if I saw one). > I'm reluctant to get a good deal on the box if I have to buy two > new CPUS for it instead of 1. This box has a 200 MHz PPro with 256 KB cache. The 233 MHz PII's are a totally different beast, and won't work in this machine. When I went to Pricewatch and ESP, they indicated that there are several companies out there selling 200 MHz PPros for $250-$350. Some of the cheaper merchants are pulling them from machines, so caveat emptor. > If many people are looking at this it is worth asking Insight about > the cost of a "12 pack" (or 25 or whatever) with a second compatable > CPU. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message