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Date:      Tue, 27 Jan 1998 10:24:22 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Simon Piette <simonp@behaviour.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Choosing a motherboard and a Pentium
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980127102227.16462H-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <l0310280eb0ed5f5c04cf@[207.139.137.52]>

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On Thu, 22 Jan 1998, Simon Piette wrote:

> I would like to know if there is a speed gain to use FreeBSD with a Pentium
> II (over a Pentium Pro, or a vanilla Pentium) and if FreeBSD is compatible
> with ATX motherboards.

FreeBSD should work with ATX boards fine.  (If it doesn't, let us know
and we can get that fixed up quickly :-) )

The PII and PPro are fairly equivalent, but those are heads-and-shoulders
above stock Pentiums.  Do a mail archive search for `make world times' and
you'll see what I mean. :-) 

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major





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