From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Apr 12 13:02:49 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA18854 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 12 Apr 1997 13:02:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (rah.star-gate.com [204.188.121.18]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA18848 for ; Sat, 12 Apr 1997 13:02:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (localhost.star-gate.com [127.0.0.1]) by rah.star-gate.com (8.8.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA08538; Sat, 12 Apr 1997 13:02:18 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199704122002.NAA08538@rah.star-gate.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.9 8/22/96 To: Narvi cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 430TX ? In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 12 Apr 1997 22:57:04 +0300." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 13:02:18 -0700 From: Amancio Hasty Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hmmm... Does DEC have a motherboard for PC with 64bit slots? Cheers, Amancio >From The Desk Of Narvi : > > > Sorry, I snipped the CC: list quite a bit... - hope no one get offended > > On Fri, 11 Apr 1997, Amancio Hasty wrote: > > > >From The Desk Of "David Langford" : > > > Main point is that I think even motherboard makers could be more helpful > > > in improving memory usage. I would pay a premium for a high bandwidth > > > motherboard, but I dont see a point in spending $750 for motherboards tha t > > > perform just like the $200 boards... > > > > > > It is call lets charge to the hilt for our hardware mistakes . > > > > Oh, Don't forget that 64bit PCI based motherboards have not come out yet > > so guess what? 8) > > Well, there are at least for PowerPC - the Motorola Atlas(?)/ MTX > motherboard has one 64bit slot and 2 32-bit slots. I guess all that is > needed for a PC chipset having 64 bit PCI is a CPU-host controller, > interfacing anything else (including ISA?) to it using Digitals 64/64 and > 64/32 PCI bridges. > > Sander > > > > > Cheers, > > Amancio > > > > > > >