Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 20:05:59 +0200 (EET) From: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> 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: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000609200229.66154L-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006091356580.18556-100000@bsd1.nyct.net>
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On Fri, 9 Jun 2000, 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. > > What does it do? > If AMR == Asus Media Slot, then it's a slot that is simultaneously PCI and ISA, so you can have a PCi video card and ISA soundcard on one card. IIRC, that is. > Michael Bacarella > New York Connect Net > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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