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From: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net>
To: Kenneth Merry <ken@gt.ed.net>
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Subject: Re: P6 Natoma chipset 
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Hi,

>	That particular Orion bug only affected the pre-B0 steppings of the
> chipset.  From Rod Grimes: (7/17/96, freebsd-hardware)
> ...
>  There
> is a fundemental flaw in the design of the chipset/CPU interface logic
> as well, that will never be fixed which has a significant impact on
> CPU/Memory bandwidth.
don't ignore this fact!

>	Has anyone seen the Pentium Pro chips with the 512K L2 cache?  The
> only place I've seen them advertised is ALR.
http://www.atipa.com (8-05-96)

        Intel Pentium Pro 200 512K    $1299      Heat Sink/Fan        $15
        Intel Pentium Pro 200 256K    $605       Heat Sink/Fan        $15
        Intel Pentium 200             $720       Heat Sink/Fan        $11


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