From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 11 01:30:27 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id BAA25715 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 11 Jul 1996 01:30:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from aztec.co.za (aztec.co.za [196.7.70.131]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id BAA25698 for ; Thu, 11 Jul 1996 01:30:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pcmgate.pcm.co.za [196.3.254.241] by aztec.co.za with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #2) id m0ueH6h-000auoC; Thu, 11 Jul 96 10:28 EET Received: from irvinep5 (irvinep5.pcm.co.za [196.3.226.90]) by pcmgate.pcm.co.za (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id KAA20735; Thu, 11 Jul 1996 10:29:54 +0200 Message-Id: <199607110829.KAA20735@pcmgate.pcm.co.za> Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Irvine Short" Organization: Professional Computer Manufacturers To: questions@freebsd.org, jsimons@bossnt.com Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 10:17:37 +2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: What to do. Reply-to: ishort@pcm.co.za.pcm.co.za X-Confirm-Reading-To: ishort@pcm.co.za X-pmrqc: 1 Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.30) Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi > > In a month or so I am going to make an attempt at putting together a server > > using FreeBSD as the OS. I am thinking of a Cyrix 6-86/motherboard. > > I've seen mixed reviews here on using the Cyrix chips. You might want to go with an intel board. If > anyone differs feel free to pipe in. Last I checked there wasn't that big of a price difference. I > believe someone said 100 bucks. Using intel might save you some trouble. If you are trying to learn > Unix, you probably don't want to deal with hardware problems. I've have good experiences with the AMD K5 75MHz. Works well with Windows NT, should be fine with FreeBSD I don't like the way that a Cyrix 6x86-133 is actually a 110MHz chip. How many motherboards support 110MHz anyway? Regards, Irvine Short http://www.pcm.co.za/homepage/ishort/irv_home.html Technical Support Professional Computer Manufacturers Cape Town, South Africa Tel: ++27-21-235084 Fax ++27-21-235089