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Date:      Wed, 25 Jan 1995 14:13:57 -0500 (EST)
From:      "matthew c. mead" <mmead@goof.com>
To:        fbsd@clem.systemsix.com (Steve Passe)
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Motherboards
Message-ID:  <199501251913.OAA01968@goof.com>
In-Reply-To: <199501251834.LAA01262@clem.systemsix.com> from "Steve Passe" at Jan 25, 95 11:34:22 am

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Steve Passe wrote:

> VLB: if a 486, OK, if a 586, no.  VLB doesn't have a great future.  PCI
> 	cards are as cheap and becoming more available.

> VLB/PCI: NO NO NO!!!  makes for a slow machine.

	Really?

> PCI: if a 586, yes.  IMHO PCI is the future.

	What about with a 486?  If I could get an upgrade for my SCSI
controller, I'd do this....

> I use the intel plato premiere/II and am quite happy with it.  The
> prevailing wisdom within FreeBSD appears to favor the ASUS boards,
> at least as far as pentium systems go...

	Hmm.  I'll look into ASUS boards...

-matt

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