From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu May 16 22:36:08 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id WAA14616 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 16 May 1996 22:36:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from MindBender.HeadCandy.com (root@[199.238.225.168]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA14561 for ; Thu, 16 May 1996 22:36:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.HeadCandy.com (8.7.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id WAA15732; Thu, 16 May 1996 22:32:29 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199605170532.WAA15732@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.HeadCandy.com: Host michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Terry Lambert cc: narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee (Narvi), hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: EDO & Memory latency In-reply-to: Your message of Thu, 16 May 96 13:22:47 -0700. <199605162022.NAA17795@phaeton.artisoft.com> Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 22:32:26 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> > PCI can't run faster than 33 -- on a 75, that means 25. >> I feel I can't argue against this - though why aren't they running it >> at some other speed than 1/2 of external and not 33/50 of it? I hate >> Pentium 75-s which lose to 486DX-80s in one of the components of graphics >> winmark... (everything else was exactly the same) :-( >Use P100's (actualy P99's) and run the full 33, and you won't be >unhappy. Actually, probably P100's with the bus running 33.3... MHz. If they're not going 33.3... how do they get 133, 166 (really 167, but...) and 200? >Since Intel started dumping Pentiums at 1/2 price, can you even get >486's any more except buying out distressed warehouse inventory? I'm sure AMD and/or Cyrix would be happy to sell you one. Though how distressed they might be... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... Roll your own Internet access -- Seattle People's Internet cooperative. If you're in the Seattle area, ask me how. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------