From owner-freebsd-current Sat Jan 31 09:19:26 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA06328 for current-outgoing; Sat, 31 Jan 1998 09:19:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Kitten.mcs.com (Kitten.mcs.com [192.160.127.90]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA06318; Sat, 31 Jan 1998 09:19:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from karl@Mars.mcs.net) Received: from Mars.mcs.net (karl@Mars.mcs.net [192.160.127.85]) by Kitten.mcs.com (8.8.7/8.8.2) with ESMTP id LAA24764; Sat, 31 Jan 1998 11:19:22 -0600 (CST) Received: (from karl@localhost) by Mars.mcs.net (8.8.7/8.8.2) id LAA11545; Sat, 31 Jan 1998 11:19:22 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <19980131111922.20666@mcs.net> Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 11:19:22 -0600 From: Karl Denninger To: Gary Palmer Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RAID controllers - folks, check this thing out References: <19980130233604.57426@mcs.net> <11627.886247581@gjp.erols.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84 In-Reply-To: <11627.886247581@gjp.erols.com>; from Gary Palmer on Sat, Jan 31, 1998 at 06:53:01AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe current" On Sat, Jan 31, 1998 at 06:53:01AM -0500, Gary Palmer wrote: > Karl Denninger wrote in message ID > <19980130233604.57426@mcs.net>: > > processor. It accepts one or two 72-pin SIMMs with up to 512MB (!) of cache > > Huh? What kind of SIMMs does it take that can fit 256Mb on a single > SIMM? I've never seen those for sale. Heck, 128Mb SIMMs are still > relatively new. 2 Simm sockets are on the card - you can use one or both. There ARE chip-limits (no more than 36 ICs on a SIMM) and timing requirements, along with a requirement that the SIMMs use true parity. I've got 128MB on the one I'm using as a "test unit" right now. It SMOKES. -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - Serving Chicagoland and Wisconsin http://www.mcs.net/ | T1's from $600 monthly to FULL DS-3 Service | NEW! K56Flex support on ALL modems Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| EXCLUSIVE NEW FEATURE ON ALL PERSONAL ACCOUNTS Fax: [+1 312 803-4929] | *SPAMBLOCK* Technology now included at no cost