Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 10:35:02 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> To: spfarrel@midway.uchicago.edu (steve farrell) Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hardware recommendations Message-ID: <199604111735.KAA16980@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <199604110853.DAA03544@quads.uchicago.edu> from steve farrell at "Apr 11, 96 03:53:49 am"
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> > i have to apologize upfront, because the primary purpose of htis message > is a test. having said that, not to waste everyone's time, i do have > some very general questions about hardware recommendations. feel free > to ignore this if you think its not worth your time =). i'm planning > on upgraded my 486 to the following system, and would appreciate any > comments on the hardware choices with respect to compatibility, performance, > etc: > > p-120 (intel) Better off going P-100 or P-133 as the extra 6Mhz of external bus speed to memory is quite significant when it comes to overall system performance. > asus P55TP4N-256P or 5PT4N-F-512K This is the standard board that I use in all my systems, works quite well, does have one anomoly in the floppy controller chip that causes timeout messages, but no data loss. > buslogic 946C SCSI I would switch this to the Adaptec 2940, FreeBSD has a real developer working on this code quite activily, the bt946 support is not near as good. > #9 motion 771/2mb vram Good. > smc etherpower pci Good. > thanks - steve farrell Your welcome. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD
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