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From: eyfarris@gdwest.gd.com (Eblan Y Farris)
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> You might want to check out Micron Electronics.  Their SMP-capable 
> motherboards can hold up to 512MB of DRAM!!!  http://www.mei.micron.com/
> Too bad FreeBSD doesn't support SMP just yet, or it would be even better!
> Imagine, a dual-Pentium ftp.cdrom.com with 512MB of RAM!

>These are Neptune chipset boards.  Forget about using a reasonable
>combination of bus mastering SCSI controller and ethernet interface
>cards! :-( 2 is the limit.
>
>                                        Jordan

A number of new chipset/motherboards are on the way - the TritonII
which will support Dual-133's is just on the verge of coming out.

Dual-Pentiums today with Neptune are not so desirable.

efarris@surfusa.com