From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jun 9 11: 2:43 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from relay02.chello.nl (relay02.chello.nl [212.83.68.146]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B351737BBC1 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2000 11:02:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wkb@chello.nl) Received: from chello.nl ([213.46.78.184]) by relay02.chello.nl (InterMail vK.4.02.00.00 201-232-116 license 2ee4e7c625482f2f2a1950a80f6c8d58) with ESMTP id <20000609180223.MSPG17505.relay02@chello.nl>; Fri, 9 Jun 2000 20:02:23 +0200 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by chello.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id UAA22619; Fri, 9 Jun 2000 20:02:36 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 20:02:36 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Michael Bacarella Cc: wc.bulte@chello.nl, FreeBSD hackers list Subject: Re: Comments on Athlon [motherboards] sought.. Message-ID: <20000609200236.B22587@freebie.wbnet> Reply-To: wc.bulte@chello.nl References: <20000609190832.C18641@freebie.wbnet> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: ; from mbac@nyct.net on Fri, Jun 09, 2000 at 01:59:58PM -0400 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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