From owner-freebsd-alpha Sat Apr 20 4:50:52 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from srv1.cosmo-project.de (srv1.cosmo-project.de [213.83.6.106]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 883AE37B41B for ; Sat, 20 Apr 2002 04:50:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by srv1.cosmo-project.de (8.11.6/8.11.6) with UUCP id g3KBodN40540; Sat, 20 Apr 2002 13:50:39 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely8.cicely.de) Received: from cicely8.cicely.de (cicely8.cicely.de [10.1.1.10]) by cicely5.cicely.de (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g3KBnd2J030454; Sat, 20 Apr 2002 13:49:39 +0200 (CEST)?g (envelope-from ticso@cicely8.cicely.de) Received: from cicely8.cicely.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cicely8.cicely.de (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g3KBncXM009851; Sat, 20 Apr 2002 13:49:38 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely8.cicely.de) Received: (from ticso@localhost) by cicely8.cicely.de (8.12.2/8.12.2/Submit) id g3KBnb1t009850; Sat, 20 Apr 2002 13:49:37 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 13:49:37 +0200 From: Bernd Walter To: Lawrence Mayer dsg Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cheap mb for 21264? Message-ID: <20020420114936.GQ1135@cicely8.cicely.de> References: <20020420112222.GP1135@cicely8.cicely.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.26i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD cicely8.cicely.de 5.0-CURRENT i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, Apr 20, 2002 at 01:38:52PM +0200, Lawrence Mayer dsg wrote: > On Sat, 20 Apr 2002, Bernd Walter wrote: > > > > I am a bit confused on the issue. I have read that the 21264 is pin > > > compatible with the Athlon Socket A. Does that mean that every Athlon > > > motherboard (such as an Athlon XP motherboard) automatically supports the > > > 21264? > > > > An x86 BIOS can never be used to startup anything else. > > I don't know if they are pin compatible - at least they share enough in > > common that it is possible for API to build a board based on AMDs > > Athlon chipset. > > Thanks for your views, Bernd. OK, let me rephrase my question: > > Do you know whether an alpha 21264 BIOS is available for any of the Athlon > x86 motherboards? Not that I know of. Hey I already wrote that I don't know if it's even doable. > (I have hunted for one on the ASUS homesite without any luck, but there > are many other Athlon motherboard manufacturers). If so, I might get what > I want, since most Athlon x86 motherboards are quite inexpensive new due > to the fierce competition in the x86 market. You might have more luck that Asus will support sparc based systems one day. Their doughter company Axus already build sparc systems. > If you can't answer that question, could you suggest where I might look > for an answer? No - not realy. -- B.Walter COSMO-Project http://www.cosmo-project.de ticso@cicely.de Usergroup info@cosmo-project.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message