Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 09:01:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd@atipa.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pentium II? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970730085610.1338C-100000@misery.sdf.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970730085949.29912D-100000@dot.ishiboo.com>
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On Wed, 30 Jul 1997, FreeBSD Mailing List wrote: > With the same cash is important. P2 boards will be more expensive, along > with the chips. Really, I find that PII/266 chips are cheaper than the PPro/200 w/512k cache? > > > (socket 8?) is doomed too, as Intel will not be developing it further (a > > > 233mhz version would be nice). The Pentium MMX is going to max at 233, > > > before being put out to pasture. So, every option is "doomed"... > > ZIF architecture is being promoted heavily by AMD, Cyrix, etc. The new > Socket 7 motherboards we carry go up to 363MHz (66 x 5.5) and above > (83MHZ x 4.5). I expect ZIF-8 solutions to be available soon from > competitive vendors. AMD, Cyrix. Ugh... ... > Our custmoers who know almost all go with Pro. Know what? That the PPro is dead, and likely be discontinued in less than a year? > Check out http://www.atipa.com/pentium2.shtml for additional reference. > > Kevin > > Tom
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