From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Nov 29 09:56:32 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id JAA06004 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 29 Nov 1995 09:56:32 -0800 Received: from etinc.com (et-gw.etinc.com [165.254.13.209]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id JAA05850 for ; Wed, 29 Nov 1995 09:55:37 -0800 Received: from trumpet.etnet.com (trumpet.etnet.com [129.45.17.35]) by etinc.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id NAA15030; Wed, 29 Nov 1995 13:02:54 -0500 Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 13:02:54 -0500 Message-Id: <199511291802.NAA15030@etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 2.0.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Eblan Y Farris From: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) Subject: Re: Pentium Motherboards Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >> >> Any recommendations or known FreeBSD problems with the following >> MBs/Chipsets with a 100Mhz Pentium: >> >> AP5CS SIS Chipset >> AP5C TRITON chipset >> P130 TRITON with Pipeline Cache >> >> >> Thanks >> >> Dennis > >Acer was never known to produce the best motherboards >when it came down to design innovation and compatability. > >3 Acer employees who formed ASUS on the otherhand are >known for those traits. > We ended up buying the AP5C (100MHZ) and find that it is excellent. The PCI and ISA bus performance is excellent (many PCI/ISA MBs have severly reduced bus performance on the ISA bus), and have had no compatibility problems. Every new motherboard is an experience...but this has been a good one.. Dennis ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emerging Technologies, Inc. http://www.etinc.com Synchronous Communications Cards and Routers For Discriminating Tastes. 56k to T1 and beyond. Frame Relay, PPP, HDLC, and X.25