Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 17:00:45 -0700 From: "David E. Tweten" <tweten@frihet.com> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> Cc: brandon@tombstone.sunrem.com, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 3COM network cards.. Message-ID: <199608300000.RAA04314@ns.frihet.com>
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rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com said: >You can probably buy a new motherboard and the SMC9332 for what the >SMC9232 would cost you. Does that apply to a PCI/EISA motherboard-with-processor that has at least 2 PCI slots and 3 EISA slots as well as it does to PCI/ISA motherboards? If so, I'd have to add 32 megabytes of parity memory, a PCI color graphics adapter good for 1280x960x8 bits at 70 Hz or better, and possibly a new 450-watt power supply (P6s do require 3 volts, don't they?) to that side of the equation too. Now if the relationship could only hold for PCI/ISA motherboards, then it would have to be modified to include all the previous stuff plus three PCI SCSI-II adapters and an upgrade to a 5-PCI-slot-or-better motherboard. Of course, the number of PCI slots could be reduced by two by going to a PCI wide or very wide SCSI adapter, but then I'd have to consider the cost of disks too. Let's see. What would I have left? The box, I think. When everything is included, it's a somewhat different question than the one you answered, which is why I asked about the SMC9232DST in the first place. -- David E. Tweten | 2047-bit PGP Key fingerprint: | tweten@frihet.com 12141 Atrium Drive | E9 59 E7 5C 6B 88 B8 90 | tweten@and.com Saratoga, CA 95070-3162 | 65 30 2A A4 A0 BC 49 AE | (408) 446-4131
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