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From: Ben Black <black@zen.cypher.net>
To: Mr M P Searle <csubl@csv.warwick.ac.uk>
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Subject: Re: Quad Pro 150 motherboard?
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a 4 or 6 CPU P6 board for *other* than a large server...think about that 
for a few minutes.

(hint: NT4 Workstation can't handle more than 2CPUs and that is the most 
popular commercial SMP-capable OS)

On Mon, 28 Apr 1997, Mr M P Searle wrote:

> Is there such a thing as a cheap quad Pentium Pro motherboard? I'm looking
> for an SMP Pro 150, but there aren't many 4 or 6 Pro motherboards
> around, and those that I could find were for large servers (eg Intel Alder,
> Goliath, etc.)
> 
> Thanks, Michael.
> 
>