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Subject: Re: Decent P6/200 Mbs - WHERE ?
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Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 15:52:25 -0500 (EST)
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In-Reply-To: <199601221713.JAA16062@Root.COM> from "David Greenman" at Jan 22, 96 09:13:23 am
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> 
> >	So finally we have ASUS's P150 MSs at least in two
> >	places: on ftp.wcarchive.com and on news.ios.com :) , 
> >	but I think that jkh@ is concerned too with that
> >	stupid 4.4Mbs limit currently in ASUS P6 MBs ... looks
> >	like they will start shipping the updated MBs ( carrying
> >	the fixed version of ORION chipset) only in April ...
> 
>    We didn't use the ASUS motherboard. I'm arranging to return it to ASUS.
> Intel is loaning us the guts of a P6 SMP server system that has the B0
> stepping of the Orion chipset. We just installed it last Thursday.

	OK ... then it's just a single P6 ASUS I guess :) .

!!!

	Anyway , do you already run SMP kernel on that
	motherboard ???

!!!

> 
> >	In the meantime ... where can I get some really decent
> >	P6 Mb ? Preferably on 200Mhz ? I don't like the idea
> >	of buying the complete system from say Micron or some
> >	other vendor and it's impossible to get just a MB from them ?
> 
>    Can't help you with this. Without Intel's gratious support with the loaner
> chassis+motherboard, we wouldn't have been able to do the upgrade.
> 
> >	BTW, I got the updated BIOS from ASUS for that infamous
> >	P6RP4 ... and they claim that it will eliminate that
> >	bottleneck :))) .. real funny. Can't risk the production system
> >	now :( - the BIOS update looks like rtaher a tricky and dangerous
> >	thing to do and frankly it's hard to beleive that it will fix
> >	that problem
> 
>    Interesting...the problem can only be fixed in hardware, so this is
> curious.

	I think this is just a usual sales crap - like "yes we know about
	it and here's the fix".
	Anyway - can you folx from wcarchive tell us the exact model name
	of this motherboard ? How fast/reliable is it ? Size ?
	Any pecularities ? I know Intel was pushing hard for some new
	design for P6 MBs ... - I have actually one in my test P6
	here .

	And finally - I already tried wcarchive ... looks great - 
	I was like 500+ user and the thing was giving
	the data out  at 20+ K/sec ! I think the bootleneck was somewhere
	in my backbone :)