From owner-freebsd-smp Tue Jun 30 06:47:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA23300 for freebsd-smp-outgoing; Tue, 30 Jun 1998 06:47:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from indigo.ie (nsmart@ts01-02.waterford.indigo.ie [194.125.139.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA23265 for ; Tue, 30 Jun 1998 06:47:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rotel@indigo.ie) Received: (from nsmart@localhost) by indigo.ie (8.8.8/8.8.7) id OAA00501; Tue, 30 Jun 1998 14:43:06 +0100 (IST) (envelope-from rotel@indigo.ie) From: Niall Smart Message-Id: <199806301343.OAA00501@indigo.ie> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 14:43:05 +0000 In-Reply-To: Andy Sparrow "Re: PPro vs PII" (Jun 30, 12:58am) Reply-To: rotel@indigo.ie X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.6 beta(3) 11/17/96) To: Andy Sparrow , rotel@indigo.ie Subject: Re: PPro vs PII Cc: freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Jun 30, 12:58am, Andy Sparrow wrote: } Subject: Re: PPro vs PII > Niall Smart wrote: > > > On Jun 29, 4:18pm, Garance A Drosihn wrote: > > } Subject: Re: PPro vs PII > > > > > > It also doesn't address price/performance considerations. I went > > > with a dual PPro system simply because I stumbled upon a great > > > deal. On the other hand, I got that great deal because PPro's > > > > any left? > > Lots and lots. Hrm, I didn't realise I'd forwarded this to the list. > PPro 180/256 ~= $99 each. > > PPro 166/512 ~= $145 each. > > Bought my 166s new, OEM from Micro-Xpress, running perfectly happily > @ 233Mhz :=) Well, this is the big decision, 166->233 sounds very ambitious, and I don't want a computer that blows things around my room. :) I'm thinking 2xP200/256 running at 75 * 3, (not sure if thats possible with the LX) or 66 * 3.5. Surely the 166/512's were the ones that wouldn't run reliably at 200? How long does it take you to buildworld? Niall -- Niall Smart. PGP: finger njs3@motmot.doc.ic.ac.uk FreeBSD: Turning PC's into Workstations: www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message