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Date:      Tue, 16 Sep 1997 20:46:49 +0200
From:      Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
To:        Brian Tao <taob@nbc.netcom.ca>
Cc:        FREEBSD-CHAT-L <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: SMP motherboard advice... 
Message-ID:  <199709161846.UAA08882@greenpeace.grondar.za>

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I dunno about the MMX, but the Giga-Byte GA586DX does the rest.

Visit www.giga-byte.com. I am a happy customer.

M

Brian Tao wrote:
>     I'm not sure if this motherboard even exists, so I'm tossing out
> the question here before moving it to freebsd-smp or other list.  Is
> there a product out there that has the following features:
> 
>    * dual Pentium MMX CPU support
>    * at least 75 MHz bus speed
>    * at least 4 PCI slots
>    * at least 3 SDRAM slots
>    * can cache a full 512MB of RAM
>    * on-board ultrawide SCSI
>    * must work with FreeBSD-SMP  ;-)
> 
>     I've always gone with ASUS, but the closest product they have is
> the P/I-P65UP5 and the P/E-P55T2P4D, neither of which have SDRAM
> support or on-board SCSI, and the P65UP5 uses a proprietary CPU
> daughtercard.  I'm thinking of putting together a system with dual
> P166's or P200's, possibly overclocked to 225 MHz (75*3).
> 
>     Is there such a beast out there, or should I forego the SDRAM
> requirement (I doubt it would make a difference for what will
> basically be my personal gaming machine).
> -- 
> Brian Tao (BT300, taob@netcom.ca)
> "Though this be madness, yet there is method in't"
> 
--
Mark Murray
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