From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Feb 20 15:27: 9 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mail.rz.fh-wilhelmshaven.de (mail.rz.fh-wilhelmshaven.de [139.13.25.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1E1A37BFCD for ; Sun, 20 Feb 2000 15:26:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ohoyer@fbwi.fh-wilhelmshaven.de) Received: from fettesau.stuwo.fh-wilhelmshaven.de (stuwopc5.stuwo.fh-wilhelmshaven.de [139.13.209.5]) by mail.rz.fh-wilhelmshaven.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id AAA15347; Mon, 21 Feb 2000 00:26:20 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <4.1.20000221002310.0099c8c0@mail.rz.fh-wilhelmshaven.de> X-Sender: ohoyer@mail.rz.fh-wilhelmshaven.de X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 00:26:58 +0100 To: Andreas Klemm From: Olaf Hoyer Subject: Re: separate udma66 controller possible, when only having udma33 bios Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20000220214139.A77280@titan.klemm.gtn.com> References: <4.1.20000220202241.009539a0@mail.rz.fh-wilhelmshaven.de> <20000220190651.A27410@titan.klemm.gtn.com> <4.1.20000220202241.009539a0@mail.rz.fh-wilhelmshaven.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 21:41 20.02.00 +0100, you wrote: >> Those Promise and Abit etc. Controllers come with their on BIOS. >> Therefore, if you buy one of these (about 100 DM here in Germany (~U$50)) >> you are able to do UDMA/66. > >http://www.snogard.de/ >ABIT HOT ROD-66, U-DMA-66 Controller, PCI, retail, incl. Kabel >69,00 DM > Hi! Well, if you want to buy there, ok... But do not say I have not warned you before- Snogard is a real troublemaker, with lotsa people with bad experience from them. I personally prefer Alternate as mail-order... Also, in mail-order you have to be prepared for at least 25 DM s&h... BTW: in other thread I just read that the Promise could/would probably do better due to support... Do not know about the chipset the Abit uses... Regards Olaf Hoyer -------- Olaf Hoyer www.nightfire.de mailto:Olaf.Hoyer@nightfire.de FreeBSD- Turning PC's into workstations ICQ:22838075 Liebe und Hass sind nicht blind, aber geblendet vom Feuer, dass sie selber mit sich tragen. (Nietzsche) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message