From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 2 02:18:34 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id CAA10456 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 2 May 1996 02:18:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id CAA10435 for ; Thu, 2 May 1996 02:18:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id SAA29510; Thu, 2 May 1996 18:49:51 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199605020919.SAA29510@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Any Pentium Pro MB recommendations? To: angio@aros.net (Dave Andersen) Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 18:49:50 +0930 (CST) Cc: steve@gordian.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199605020747.BAA09098@terra.aros.net> from "Dave Andersen" at May 2, 96 01:47:36 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Dave Andersen stands accused of saying: > > See: > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/wcarchive.configuration > > Which basically says: > > Alder SMP motherboard, Orion Chipset, a 150Mhz pentium pro. Given > wcarchive's performance, it's a pretty solid contender. DO NOT BE MISLED by other boards with the 'Orion' chipset. Most suffer from the PCI-posted-write bug and will perform _AWFULLY_. Unless something drastic has happened in the last few months, there are _no_ decent P6 motherboards generally available. The 'Alder' chassis is a special Intel Server Group product, and is AFAIK not generally available. > -Dave Andersen -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[