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From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu>
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To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>
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On Mon, 18 Mar 1996, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:

> > 
> > On Fri, 15 Mar 1996, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
> > 
> > > > What is the Pentium Pro board of choice now?
> > > 
> > > NONE!  The Orion chip set is seriously flawed in several design aspects,
> > > and even the B0 stepping will not fix these flaws.  Until the second
> > > generation P6 chip sets come out of Intel my advice on Pentium Pro is
> > > simply _don't_ do it.
> > 
> > On a related note, what is the Pentium board of choice now?
> 
> I am currently using either the ASUS PCI/I-P55TP4XEG or the PCI/I-P55TP4N
> for production runs.

Out of curiosity (and future upgrade budgeting) what speed memories do 
those buys need?

> 
> 
> -- 
> Rod Grimes                                      rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com
> Accurate Automation Company                 Reliable computers for FreeBSD
> 

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