From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 2 14:51:28 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA28915 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 2 May 1996 14:51:28 -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 OAA28910 for ; Thu, 2 May 1996 14:51:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id HAA00977; Fri, 3 May 1996 07:22:19 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199605022152.HAA00977@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Any Pentium Pro MB recommendations? To: mac@nibsc.ac.uk Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 07:22:18 +0930 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, angio@aros.net, steve@gordian.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199605021202.NAA04591@chalsig.nibsc.ac.uk> from "mac@nibsc.ac.uk" at May 2, 96 01:02:41 pm 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 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 [[