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Date:      Wed, 20 Nov 1996 23:43:18 -0500 (EST)
From:      "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net>
To:        chuckr@Glue.umd.edu (Chuck Robey)
Cc:        toor@dyson.iquest.net, dyson@freebsd.org, peter@spinner.dialix.com, smp@csn.net, ccsanady@friley216.res.iastate.edu, freebsd-smp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: vm_page_alloc(ZERO): missing pages...
Message-ID:  <199611210443.XAA03187@dyson.iquest.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.95.961120232950.8388A-100000@thurston.eng.umd.edu> from "Chuck Robey" at Nov 20, 96 11:31:08 pm

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> On Wed, 20 Nov 1996, John S. Dyson wrote:
> 
> > > 
> > > If you get the SuperMicro running smp, I'd like to know.  The only reason
> > > I didn't buy that board was because Michael Van Loon reported trouble
> > > trying to get it to run smp.  It has an on-board scsi controller which I
> > > REALLY liked, but I couldn't take a chance with that much cash.  If it
> > > does work, I think it''s only be fair to tell folks, because it's an
> > > excellent choice if it works. (price right, features right, right chipset
> > > too.)
> > > 
> > My P6DNF doesn't have a scsi adaptor on board, or even a scsi bios.  Sounds
> > like you are talking about Micronics or AIR?
> 
> Darn, I must have gotten it confused with another, I thought the
> SuperMicro was the one with the SCSI.  Sorry, I guess.  Michael did report
> what I said, but I must have thought for some reason it had a scsi
> interface.
> 
Oh, well -- it is supposed to work really well on NT (per various anecdotal
evidence)...   I assume that Michael VanLoon had problems with NT on his board?

John



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