From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Nov 2 00:28:39 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id AAA21260 for hardware-outgoing; Sat, 2 Nov 1996 00:28:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA21251; Sat, 2 Nov 1996 00:28:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id SAA06818; Sat, 2 Nov 1996 18:58:22 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199611020828.SAA06818@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Looking for motherboard... To: mark@grondar.za (Mark Murray) Date: Sat, 2 Nov 1996 18:58:22 +1030 (CST) Cc: rgrimes@freebsd.org, hardware@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199611020808.KAA24576@grumble.grondar.za> from "Mark Murray" at Nov 2, 96 10:08:31 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Mark Murray stands accused of saying: > > 1) The board has sockets for two Pentium processors. Do the SMP crowd > support this board? (It uses a 82430HX - is that Triton-II?) Dunno and hes. > 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? FPM is "old" technology, EDO is "new" (and just recently, cheaper) technology. > 3) It has on-board an Adaptec 7880 chip. Will the be recognised by FreeBSD, > and if so, as what? (AHC?) Yup. > 4) What does a UMC8669/SMC669 I/O chip do? Serial/Parallel I/O? It's a "multi I/O" chip; serial, parallel, floppy. > Mark Murray -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[