Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 00:18:21 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Bsdguru@aol.com Cc: nate@yogotech.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Status of encryption hardware support in FreeBSD Message-ID: <20010703001821.A3034@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <12d.dc435a.28724adf@aol.com>; from Bsdguru@aol.com on Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 06:08:31PM -0400 References: <12d.dc435a.28724adf@aol.com>
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On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 06:08:31PM -0400, Bsdguru@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 07/02/2001 12:16:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > nate@yogotech.com writes: > > > > You are way off on your pricing. Way off. A 633 Celeron > > > is under 50. Q1 for petes sake. The cost difference would be less than > $20. > > > > > in quantity. It would be less than $80. Q1. > > > > That's just CPU. You've left off the motherboard, as well as the memory > > and other supporting hardware required for the CPU to do the work. > > > > Entire PIII MBs are available for under $60. Your concept that the delta in > cost between a 486 chipset and PIII is more that that is utterly ridiculous > PIII chipsets and 486 chipsets cost the same in quantity. Try using a > resource other than your Radio Shack catalogue please. Might be true, but embedded folks tend to use something else than a run-of-the-mill mainboard. I think this whole thread boils down to: "YMMV". Let it die (please..) -- | / o / / _ Arnhem, The Netherlands email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte http://www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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