From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Jun 20 07:41:02 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id HAA16611 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 20 Jun 1996 07:41:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id HAA16605 for ; Thu, 20 Jun 1996 07:40:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id AAA06622; Fri, 21 Jun 1996 00:34:35 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199606201504.AAA06622@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: My Cyrix microprocessor/motherboard problems To: stesin@elvisti.kiev.ua (Andrew V. Stesin) Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 00:34:34 +0930 (CST) Cc: michaelv@HeadCandy.com, Eloy.Paris@ven.ra.rockwell.com, hardware@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199606201056.NAA12010@office.elvisti.kiev.ua> from "Andrew V. Stesin" at Jun 20, 96 01:56:06 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Andrew V. Stesin stands accused of saying: > > # Still, you're right -- you may have to go to step two and three, and > # try a different motherboard. > > If one doesn't want Pentium for now, I can state that > recent SiS 496/7 -based PCI boards are fairly stable. > Not as fast as Saturn II -based ones, but with 15ns L2 > cache theyr'e not slow either. > > # If you get a new motherboard (like an ASUS, where it's a known working > # board), > > Are SP3G (SaturnII) still in the market? (And their SP3 (SiS) > aren't damn nice -- only 2 SIMM slots, for example). Soyo (who are very nearly as nice as ASUS in many regards) have a 496/497 board with 4 SIMM sockets. This board has just about every possible CPU type covered too, and is a pretty serious contended in the budget market. > With best regards -- Andrew Stesin. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[