From owner-freebsd-isp Sat Nov 16 11:14:26 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA13843 for isp-outgoing; Sat, 16 Nov 1996 11:14:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from pinky.junction.net (pinky.junction.net [199.166.227.12]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA13835 for ; Sat, 16 Nov 1996 11:14:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from sidhe.memra.com (sidhe.memra.com [199.166.227.105]) by pinky.junction.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id LAA12985 for ; Sat, 16 Nov 1996 11:29:55 -0800 Received: from localhost (michael@localhost) by sidhe.memra.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id LAA17338 for ; Sat, 16 Nov 1996 11:10:46 -0800 Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 11:10:44 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Dillon To: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Router Purchase - the bottom line In-Reply-To: <199611161758.LAA09929@intrastar.net> Message-ID: Organization: Memra Software Inc. - Internet consulting MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 16 Nov 1996, Jacob Suter wrote: > > This is really funny! We're talking about systems stability, > overheating, etc > > and your running your processor 20% out of spec. Talk about bad > moves... > According to what I have read, this chip was designed to actually run > 160, but they didn't want it to compete with the more expensive > K5/6x86/P5 chips. So, they marketed it as the cooler 133 solution > (which is only P66-P75ish speed).. If it wasn't tested to run at 166 and if the manufacturer won't support running it that fast then you are running it overspec. > I don't know what bug crawled in your ass lately, but its really > beginning to be annoying. Not as annoying as the bug that crawled in yours. Michael Dillon - ISP & Internet Consulting Memra Software Inc. - Fax: +1-604-546-3049 http://www.memra.com - E-mail: michael@memra.com