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From: Herve.Kerjan@ratp.fr (Herve KERJAN)
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Subject: Re: ASUS PCI 486SP3G motherboards - any good?
To: richard@pegasus.com
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 95 14:07:31 MET
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In-Reply-To: <199511100455.SAA09931@pegasus.com>; from "Richard Foulk" at Nov 9, 95 6:54 pm
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> 
> } > I'm contemplating replacing my current 486 VL motherboard with either a
> } > 486 or Pentium based PCI board.
> } > 
> } > I've heard about the ASUS 486SP3G 486 PCI board - does anyone have any
> } > experience running these under FreeBSD?  How about with an AMD
> } > 486DX4-100 CPU?
> } 
> } 	ASUS 486SP3G 486 PCI board, i have one with 486dx4-66.  runs 
> } beautifully.  ncr scsi builtin at irq9.   3 pci slots, 2 with irqs 10 and 
> } 11, pci inta# only.  mine did not support write-back cache until a dirty 
> } cache line tag sram chip was added.  the addition of that chip resulted 
> } in a 10% speed increase.  (make world times: 30kSec --> 27kSec).
> } 
> } 	excellent board.  i am very happy with mine.
> } 
> 
> The chip socket was empty?
> 
> How does the scsi controller stack up against others?
> 
> Any good mail-order sources?
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Richard
> 
  You can consult the Asustek WWW server at http://www.asus.com.tw/ 

  Personaly, I have an ASUS 486SP4 486 PCI motherboard, and I'm very
happy with it.

  Bye.
	[Herve]