Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 12:18:46 GMT+0100 From: "Kees Jan Koster" <Kees.Koster@nym.sc.philips.com> To: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: multi, non-pentium motherboards? Message-ID: <2954836C41@NLNMG01.nym.sc.philips.com>
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Hoi Hardware, Darn, I was a little quick to drop that e-mail about the dual 586-100's. That sounds really interesting. I just sold my old motherboard and somewhere next week I'll buy a new one. I'm considering an AMD-133, or another non-intel-almost-pentium cpu. However, I would _like_ to experiment with a multi-processor board too. Now, the price for a dual pentium seems a little over my budget, but if there is an alternative... Could you give me some advice, please? I sort of dread the amount of gibberish the salespeople are going to stuff down my throat next week and I'd like some professional advice first. - What speed of pentium do I need to match an AMD-133 during a large gcc-compile (read: make world). - Apart from the AMD-133, what are fast-and-cheap alternatives for pentiums? Are the IBM's and Cyrixes any good? - Are there non-pentium multiprocessor boards? Which ones are good? - If I go for a cheap dual processor board, how many hours of hacking do I need to get FreeBSD to use both processors? - Any brand of cpu/motherboard that I should avoid? Thanks in advance, Kees Jan Koster
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