Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 07:22:18 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: mac@nibsc.ac.uk Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, angio@aros.net, steve@gordian.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any Pentium Pro MB recommendations? Message-ID: <199605022152.HAA00977@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199605021202.NAA04591@chalsig.nibsc.ac.uk> from "mac@nibsc.ac.uk" at May 2, 96 01:02:41 pm
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mac@nibsc.ac.uk stands accused of saying: > > > >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. > > IIRC ftp.cdrom.com (the busiest site on the 'net for ftp) uses FreeBSD on a > PentiumPro. Any one know what their m/board is? Sheesh. That's what the message I was just replying to was all about. ftp.cdrom.com is an Intel 'Alder' chassis. It's based on the Orion 'set, with the PCI-posted-write bug worked around. -- ]] 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 [[
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