From owner-freebsd-smp Sat May 23 05:16:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA16593 for freebsd-smp-outgoing; Sat, 23 May 1998 05:16:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hda.hda.com (hda-bicnet.bicnet.net [208.220.66.37]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA16583 for ; Sat, 23 May 1998 05:16:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dufault@hda.hda.com) Received: (from dufault@localhost) by hda.hda.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id HAA06265; Sat, 23 May 1998 07:52:55 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Dufault Message-Id: <199805231152.HAA06265@hda.hda.com> Subject: Re: good deal on hardware In-Reply-To: <199805221943.NAA03672@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> from Steve Passe at "May 22, 98 01:43:28 pm" To: smp@csn.net (Steve Passe) Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 07:52:54 -0400 (EDT) Cc: smp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL25 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > ------- Forwarded Message > > I just ordered a second one of these $800 boxes yesterday, and I think > they still have a thousand left in stock (that's with just the single > PPro, of course, for SMP you'd have to buy another processor). I > imagine it is to my advantage to have many many of these sold to > freebsd folks, as it will increase the number of people interested > in freebsd support for them :-) Given John Dyson's warning about the second CPU, can you comment about the requirements on the second processor? I checked and Insight doesn't list 200MHz PIIs, and the 233 MHz they list says 512K cache instead of the 256K on the Toshiba (I don't follow the CPU hardware closely and wouldn't know a misprint if I saw one). I'm reluctant to get a good deal on the box if I have to buy two new CPUS for it instead of 1. If many people are looking at this it is worth asking Insight about the cost of a "12 pack" (or 25 or whatever) with a second compatable CPU. Peter -- Peter Dufault (dufault@hda.com) Realtime development, Machine control, HD Associates, Inc. Safety critical systems, Agency approval To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message