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Date:      Fri, 09 Jan 1998 17:21:15 +1030
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: LS-120, Riva 128, ASUS motherboard 
Message-ID:  <199801090651.RAA00788@word.smith.net.au>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 09 Jan 1998 17:24:03 %2B1030." <19980109172403.43038@lemis.com> 

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> I've seen this claim before from numerous places, but they all refer
> to Tom's Hardware Guide. 

I did?

> I've read the stuff there.  What he says is
> that he can't see how the TX chipset can cache more than 64 MB without
> an external tag RAM, and that he can't see how to support the tag RAM.

That sounds like a pretty good way to start.  8)

> I have a TX board (IWill P55XB2) with 96 MB and something on the board
> which looks like a tag RAM, but haven't got round to measuring it (or
> even finding something I can measure with). 

What makes it "look like a tag RAM"?

> The board supports up to
> 256 MB, and nothing in the documentation refers to any cache
> limitation.  I'd be very interested if somebody could come up with
> independent information.

I would recommend Intel's website and the datasheets for the 430TX 
chipset.

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