From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Aug 6 09:30:29 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA28224 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 6 Aug 1996 09:30:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from MindBender.HeadCandy.com (root@mindbender.headcandy.com [199.238.225.168]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id JAA28207; Tue, 6 Aug 1996 09:30:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.HeadCandy.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA19281; Tue, 6 Aug 1996 09:28:52 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199608061628.JAA19281@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.HeadCandy.com: Host michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: netbsd-current@netbsd.org, hardware@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: P6 Natoma chipset Date: Tue, 06 Aug 1996 09:28:50 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I'm going to be buying a 200MHz Pentium Pro and motherboard (probably a dual-CPU) in the next week or two. I know the Orion chipset has some nasty bugs (like the 4MB/s PCI bus speed). Has anyone discovered any horrible bugs in the Natoma (440FX) chipset, or is it working well so far? I also remember reading something about someone having quality problems with SuperMicro motherboards. Any opinions on SuperMicro versus ASUS, WRT build quality, reliability, support, and speed? Thanks for your feedback. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... Roll your own Internet access -- Seattle People's Internet cooperative. If you're in the Seattle area, ask me how. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------