From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Apr 24 10:56:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA13850 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Fri, 24 Apr 1998 10:56:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.webspan.net (root@mail.webspan.net [206.154.70.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA13841; Fri, 24 Apr 1998 10:56:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from opsys@mail.webspan.net) Received: from orion.webspan.net (orion.webspan.net [206.154.70.5]) by mail.webspan.net (WEBSPAN/970608) with SMTP id NAA07599; Fri, 24 Apr 1998 13:51:46 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 13:56:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Open Systems Networking X-Sender: opsys@orion.webspan.net To: Matthew Jacob cc: Tom , dwilde1@ibm.net, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: *** Real Action Item: SPECweb In-Reply-To: <3540D149.59C4272@feral.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Matthew Jacob wrote: > I have an PR440FX (2xzPPro @ 180MHZ) motherboard. It has an > onboard Pro100B and an onboard AIC78XX plus 5 PCI slots. > > Not bad. But, despite the bad press, the SuperMicro boards > with dual PPros or Dual PII's with 8 PCI slots are still better. The more PCI the merrier. > Tsk. It's a pity you're having to stick with Intel. An Alpha/AXP > mother board (e.g., AlphaPC164) with a 600MHz processor really > cranks. I mean, really. Well it isnt by CHOICE :) We don't have an alpha port yet. I still think we can pound novell's #'s 10 times over with a good selection of x86 hardware. Chris -- "I am closed minded. It keeps the rain out." ===================================| Open Systems Networking And Consulting. FreeBSD 2.2.6 is available now! | Phone: 316-326-6800 -----------------------------------| 1402 N. Washington, Wellington, KS-67152 FreeBSD: The power to serve! | E-Mail: opsys@open-systems.net http://www.freebsd..org | Consulting-Network Engineering-Security ===================================| http://open-systems.net -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQENAzPemUsAAAEH/06iF0BU8pMtdLJrxp/lLk3vg9QJCHajsd25gYtR8X1Px1Te gWU0C4EwMh4seDIgK9bzFmjjlZOEgS9zEgia28xDgeluQjuuMyUFJ58MzRlC2ONC foYIZsFyIqdjEOCBdfhH5bmgB5/+L5bjDK6lNdqD8OAhtC4Xnc1UxAKq3oUgVD/Z d5UJXU2xm+f08WwGZIUcbGcaonRC/6Z/5o8YpLVBpcFeLtKW5WwGhEMxl9WDZ3Kb NZH6bx15WiB2Q/gZQib3ZXhe1xEgRP+p6BnvF364I/To9kMduHpJKU97PH3dU7Mv CXk2NG3rtOgLTEwLyvtBPqLnbx35E0JnZc0k5YkABRO0JU9wZW4gU3lzdGVtcyA8 b3BzeXNAb3Blbi1zeXN0ZW1zLm5ldD4= =BBjp -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message