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Date:      Sat, 02 Nov 1996 10:08:31 +0200
From:      Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
To:        rgrimes@freebsd.org
Cc:        hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Looking for motherboard...
Message-ID:  <199611020808.KAA24576@grumble.grondar.za>

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Hi

I saw discussed on this (?) list a few days ago a Giga-Byte motherboard
called a GA586DX, so I investigated further.

I have some questions, please :-) :

1) The board has sockets for two Pentium processors. Do the SMP crowd
   support this board? (It uses a 82430HX - is that Triton-II?)

2) The ram supported is "Fast Page Mode" or "EDO". What does this mean,
   and if it is a choice, which is more appropriate to FreeBSD?

3) It has on-board an Adaptec 7880 chip. Will the be recognised by FreeBSD,
   and if so, as what? (AHC<something>?)

4) What does a UMC8669/SMC669 I/O chip do? Serial/Parallel I/O?

Thanks!

M

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Mark Murray
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