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From: Steve Khoo <steve@gordian.com>
To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au
CC: agifford@infowest.com, angio@aros.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
In-reply-to: <199605020919.SAA29510@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> (message
	from Michael Smith on Thu, 2 May 1996 18:49:50 +0930 (CST))
Subject: Re: Any Pentium Pro MB recommendations?
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>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> writes:

    Michael> 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.

    Michael> DO NOT BE MISLED by other boards with the 'Orion'
    Michael> chipset.  Most suffer from the PCI-posted-write bug and
    Michael> will perform _AWFULLY_.

    Michael> Unless something drastic has happened in the last few
    Michael> months, there are _no_ decent P6 motherboards generally
    Michael> available.  The 'Alder' chassis is a special Intel Server
    Michael> Group product, and is AFAIK not generally available.

    >> -Dave Andersen

    Michael> -- 

Hmmm...  From all the responses I got so far it sounds like I should
wait till Alder MB's become available to the general public.

SEK