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> You might want to check out Micron Electronics.  Their SMP-capable 
> motherboards can hold up to 512MB of DRAM!!!  http://www.mei.micron.com/
> Too bad FreeBSD doesn't support SMP just yet, or it would be even better!
> Imagine, a dual-Pentium ftp.cdrom.com with 512MB of RAM!

As a matter of fact, I think SMP would be a great feature-addition. I 
wish I knew enough about SMP software design to actually help code for 
it. The new Pentium Pro [P6] systems when they get their 4 and 8-way SMP 
worked out will just scream. It would be a shame to have to abandon 
FreeBSD [on ftp.cdrom.com] or on other machines for an OS like NT, SCO or 
Unixware. 

Sure, it may be a few months before people actually start buying enough 
of those machines to make a difference, but for the next 2-4 years, SMP 
seems the way things will be.

-Jerry.