Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 22:35:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Sean Eric Fagan <sef@Kithrup.COM> To: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: supermicro p6sns/p6sas Message-ID: <199709280535.WAA29498@kithrup.com> In-Reply-To: <199709280516.WAA04321.kithrup.freebsd.hardware@mindbender.serv.net> References: Your message of Sat, 27 Sep 97 22:41:10 -0500. <19970927224110.13321@my.domain>
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In article <199709280516.WAA04321.kithrup.freebsd.hardware@mindbender.serv.net> you write: >Socket 8 indeed appears to have been a limited detour. Slot 1 may in >time be superceeded by something better. But it has much more >potential than Socket 8 at this point in time. Is Socket 8 the P6 thing? Slot 1 is dead. Intel has admitted that it will be replaced by a Slot Two very soon. The big advantage of Slot One is -- it's patented. Nobody but Intel can make a Slot One formfactor module. In fact, nobody could make a Slot One capable motherboard without Intel's permission. I've already stated my opinions about Intel in regards to this, previously, so I won't do so again. >Socket 7, however, has some serious bandwidth problems. AMD's electrical engineers say they have ways to do it. You'll have to get a new motherboard, and I don't know how compatible it will be, but they say they can do it. Since I don't do hardware, I generally take their words at it :). Reply to me, or to the list; please don't do both.
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