Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 20:02:36 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@chello.nl> To: Michael Bacarella <mbac@nyct.net> Cc: wc.bulte@chello.nl, FreeBSD hackers list <FreeBSD-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Comments on Athlon [motherboards] sought.. Message-ID: <20000609200236.B22587@freebie.wbnet> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006091356580.18556-100000@bsd1.nyct.net>; from mbac@nyct.net on Fri, Jun 09, 2000 at 01:59:58PM -0400 References: <20000609190832.C18641@freebie.wbnet> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006091356580.18556-100000@bsd1.nyct.net>
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On Fri, Jun 09, 2000 at 01:59:58PM -0400, Michael Bacarella wrote: > > On Fri, 9 Jun 2000, Wilko Bulte wrote: > > > On Thu, Jun 08, 2000 at 08:54:28PM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote: > > > I'm considering buying an Athlon based machine. Before shelling out the > > > $ (well, fl ) I'd like to know what experiences have with Athlon and > > > FreeBSD. And obviously which mom boards to prefer or keep away from. > > > > Anybody using the Abit KA7? If yes, do you like it? > > > > I appreciate the KA7 PCI/ISA combo slot instead of the useless AMR thingy Asys > > has on their praised K7V (mind you, I like Asus as such, excellent > > experiences with them over the years). > > Ugh. I was suprised that I couldn't find an Asus K7V without a stupid AMR > slot, especially since I only heard good things about the board > itself. I made an honest attempt but just ended up ordering it > anyway. I've tried to figure out what that slot does but I've only come > across market-speak. Audio Modem Riser card slot. For audio/and/or/modem use. WinModem I suspect.. If yes, worse than useless. -- Wilko Bulte FreeBSD, the power to serve http://www.freebsd.org http://www.nlfug.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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