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From: faulkner@mpd.tandem.com (Boyd Faulkner)
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Subject: Re: Pentium motherboards
To: rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com (Rodney W. Grimes)
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 1995 11:10:41 -0600 (CST)
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In-Reply-To: <199503220821.AAA08038@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> from "Rodney W. Grimes" at Mar 22, 95 00:21:20 am
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> 
> > 
> > I would like to splurge on an upgrade to a Pentium motherboard for
> > my FreeBSD system. What would anyone recommend? What should I steer
> > clear of?
> 
> I can sell you the hottest thing on the market right now, an ASUS
> PCI/I-P54TP4, you can't get the Burst SRAM version any place, but I can
> get these with standard async cache (that is what everything else
> is using).  You *cannot* upgrade to Burst or Pipelined Burst SRAM,
> the boards with those on them have these chips soldered on.
> 
> Micron can not currently deliever the chips in high enough volume and
> ASUS is haveing a very tough time getting any of them at all.  Last
> word was these version of the motherboard would not be avaliable for
> 30 to 60 days.  [A few people where actually lucky enough to get
> one of the few of these made, I was not one of them :-(].
> 
> This chip set is faster than the Intel Neptune chip set.  I can get
> the full ASUS line if you want something fancier (dual P54 EISA or ISA,
> etc).
> 
> $299.00 with 256k async cache, includes shipping via ups COD ground to
> anyplace in the US.
> 
> P54C-90 CPU to go with it for $605.00.
> 
> Ball Bearing CPU fan (5 year warranty) for $20.00.
> 
> You can read all about ASUS's products from:
> 	- WWW: http://www.asus.com.tw/
> 	- Gopher: gopher.asus.com.tw
> 	- FTP: ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS
> 
> 

What are prices on 486 ASUS motherboards?

Boyd

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 Boyd Faulkner                                  faulkner@isd.tandem.com 
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