Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 11:21:14 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: tls@rek.tjls.com Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: many cheap PC164 boards -- gret for NetBSD (fwd) Message-ID: <199904141821.LAA04029@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 14 Apr 1999 14:21:19 EDT." <19990414142119.C21197@rek.tjls.com>
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> My vendor tells me that if you put the 533Mhz part on a PC164 board, it will > only run at 500MHz. So that's something to be aware of. I have limited > experience in replacing the oscillators on these boards (to *down* clock > them, in my case, so I could recover from a nasty firmware flash utility bug > by using the SROM debugger, which doesn't autobaud right at higher clock > rates) and while it's probably not too hard, I think you'd have significant > trouble getting the oscillator you need to do it, I got a few leftover > samples from a research lab, but minimum orders for the parts are usually in > the thousands. Just as a datapoint; my previous employer regularly used to buy custom-cut oscillators in the 5-10 off range. For a one-off you're probably looking at a couple weeks wait and maybe US$20-50 depending on the supplier (all of ours were in Australia). -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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