From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Sep 27 08:23:07 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA26991 for hardware-outgoing; Sat, 27 Sep 1997 08:23:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sabre.goldsword.com (sabre.goldsword.com [199.170.202.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA26981 for ; Sat, 27 Sep 1997 08:22:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jfarmer@localhost) by sabre.goldsword.com (8.8.7/8.7.3) id LAA17649; Sat, 27 Sep 1997 11:25:26 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 11:25:26 -0400 (EDT) From: "John T. Farmer" Message-Id: <199709271525.LAA17649@sabre.goldsword.com> To: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Socket 7 class chip sets Cc: jfarmer@goldsword.com Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Does anybody have experience with non-Intel chipset boards with the AMD K-6 and/or the Cyrix 686MX cpus? I just ordered a batch of Asus VX97 mainboards from one of my suppliers for some Win95 workstations, and he cliams that Intel has stopped production of both the VX _and_ the HX chipsets... The VX can be replaced (at a higher price) by the TX, but he also claimed that there isn't going to be a HX follow-on/replacement. My understanding (I admit that I've not been paying much attention...) is that the newer P-II/slot-1 chipsets _won't_ support the socket-7 cpu's without alot of expensive, possibly slower support circuitry. I use the HX-based boards (mostly Asus P55-P2T4's) for all my lower cost servers & important workstations, so if I have to start using a different one, I want to get the eval process underway. John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- John T. Farmer Proprietor, GoldSword Systems jfarmer@goldsword.com Public Internet Access in East Tennessee dial-in (423)470-9953 for info, e-mail to info@goldsword.com Network Design, Internet Services & Servers, Consulting