Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 12:24:35 -0400 (EDT) From: "Christopher R. Bowman" <crb@ChrisBowman.com> To: Peter Dufault <dufault@hda.com> Cc: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net>, smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: good deal on hardware Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980523122249.282A-100000@quark.ChrisBowman.com> In-Reply-To: <199805231152.HAA06265@hda.hda.com>
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On Sat, 23 May 1998, Peter Dufault wrote: >> ------- Forwarded Message >> >> I just ordered a second one of these $800 boxes yesterday, and I think >> they still have a thousand left in stock (that's with just the single >> PPro, of course, for SMP you'd have to buy another processor). I >> imagine it is to my advantage to have many many of these sold to >> freebsd folks, as it will increase the number of people interested >> in freebsd support for them :-) > >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. > >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. This is a Pentium PRO system, you are going to need a second pentium pro, a pentium II or MMX won't work. As I recall, Insight didn't sell lone Pentium Pro processors. --------- Christopher R. Bowman crb@ChrisBowman.com <A HREF="http://www.ChrisBowman.com">My home page</A> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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