Date: Mon, 07 Apr 1997 14:29:19 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Kedar <kedar@asacomputers.com> Cc: hardware@freebsd.org, Tom Gidden <gid@visint.co.uk> Subject: Re: Pentuim or Pentuim Pro ? Message-ID: <3875.860448559@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 07 Apr 1997 12:46:21 PDT." <2.2.32.19970407194621.008a76bc@gw1>
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> >The Tyan motherboard dual-P6 MB is quite nice. I'm probably > >going to get one for freefall just because you can stick a lot > >more memory in the dual-processor model. > > The Tyan 1662 is available in the single-CPU version with the same > number of SIMM slots. I presume you speak of the Tacoma (with 6, rather > than 8). Ah, yes, I was probably confused then. Hmmm! Sounds like I want a 1662 then since we're probably never going to run freefall.freebsd.org under an SMP kernel; even if SMP works fabulously, that machine always stays about a rev or two behind the technology curve given that it's just too important to risk. :-) > As for the SIMMS, I would definetely suggest using either > Unigen(Tyan recommended) or Kingston SIMMS if this is to be a server, and > there are any plans of going above 128MB. Thanks for the recommendation. Unfortunately, (well, fortunately too, but) the parts for this "freefall II" machine are being donated by the FreeBSD user community and I'm going to have to take whatever memory I can get. :-) We'll probably try to get at least 64MB to start with since that's what we're running with now, but freefall could definitely stand an upgrade to 128MB - with all the people using the mailing list/web search feature, we have a lot of wais processes running there now. :) Jordan
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