From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Sep 11 04:30:02 1995 Return-Path: hardware-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id EAA19251 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 11 Sep 1995 04:30:02 -0700 Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id EAA19236 for ; Mon, 11 Sep 1995 04:30:01 -0700 Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id VAA19329 for hardware@freebsd.org; Mon, 11 Sep 1995 21:10:38 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199509111140.VAA19329@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Found a source for Compex PCI ethernet cards in Aust. To: hardware@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 21:10:31 +0930 (CST) Content-Type: text Content-Length: 578 Sender: hardware-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk For people looking for a source for the Compex PCI ethernet cards that Rod is always so happy about here in Australia : Y-Micro have them. We paid ~$130 ex. for the 3-way combo card. Good luck! -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" -Terry Lambert UNIX: live FreeBSD or die! [[ From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Sep 11 16:29:09 1995 Return-Path: hardware-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id QAA11133 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 11 Sep 1995 16:29:09 -0700 Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [192.216.222.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id QAA11114 for ; Mon, 11 Sep 1995 16:29:07 -0700 Received: from heart.cas.und.nodak.edu (heart.cas.und.NoDak.edu [134.129.212.33]) by who.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.11) with ESMTP id PAA26618 for ; Mon, 11 Sep 1995 15:41:09 -0700 Received: from sirius.cas.und.NoDak.edu (sirius.cas.und.NoDak.edu [134.129.212.30]) by heart.cas.und.nodak.edu (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id RAA33994 for ; Mon, 11 Sep 1995 17:41:15 -0500 Received: (from rand@localhost) by sirius.cas.und.NoDak.edu (8.6.12/8.6.6) id RAA23002; Mon, 11 Sep 1995 17:41:40 -0500 Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 17:41:40 -0500 From: "Douglas K. Rand" Message-Id: <199509112241.RAA23002@sirius.cas.und.NoDak.edu> To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Motherboards & SCSI Sender: hardware-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I'm looking to upgrade my poor old and slow 66 MHz 486 to a Pentium system. (Its old and slow with Windows '95 on it, not FreeBSD!) I've got 20 Mbytes of RAM in 30 pin simms, a VLB BusLogic SCSI2 controller, and a VLB ATI Graphics Ultra Pro. I'm looking at a 120 or 133 MHz Pentium PCI mother board (replacing the SCSI and video cards). But, I haven't been keeping up with developments, so I'm looking for advice. I've also heard that there are (were?) some problems with specific PCI chip sets and some cards. Does anybody have any favorite motherboards and/or vendors? I've seen a few with built in SCSI controllers (both fast SCSI-2 and F/W SCSI-2). Should I get a system capable of EDO memory? (I was planning on either having my 32 pin simms converted to 72 pin or buying one of those adapters for holding 4 30 pin simms in 72 pin slot.) Anybody got a favorite SCSI controller? How about video cards? I'm assuming that the synchronous pipeline-burst cache is better than the normal ones. But would a 512K or 1M "normal" cache be better? Thanks for any assistance. -- Douglas K. Rand rand@aero.und.nodak.edu System/Network Administrator Scientific Computing Center -- UND Aerospace Office: +1 701 777 2801 University of North Dakota FAX: +1 701 777 2940 Box 9022, Grand Forks ND 58202-9022 From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Sep 14 01:23:38 1995 Return-Path: hardware-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id BAA00445 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 14 Sep 1995 01:23:38 -0700 Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id BAA00438 for ; Thu, 14 Sep 1995 01:23:30 -0700 Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id SAA26640 for hardware@freebsd.org; Thu, 14 Sep 1995 18:05:34 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199509140835.SAA26640@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: NCR PCI and system performance... To: hardware@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 18:05:34 +0930 (CST) Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1226 Sender: hardware-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Greetings hardware gurutype people 8) I have a bit of an interesting one here that I'd appreciate any input on. Config is P100/32M, NCR PCI SCSI, FreeBSD 2.0.5-RELEASE, 4G Hawk. The motherboard is a Soyo 5T A2/A5 Triton unit. The problem is basically that disk I/O kills everything else; something as simple as unpacking a large tarfile drives response into the ground. Disk performance itself isn't a problem; I get around 4M/sec in both directions accoding to iozone, and the system isn't thrashing, or running anything more than a few xterms. Something that caught my eye in the BIOS setup (Award) for this machine were the following options : PCI concurrency, PCI streaming, PCI bursting. All of which are enabled. Not being a PCI guru, I ask : what are these? Why would they be on? Would I be well served by turning them off? -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" -Terry Lambert UNIX: live FreeBSD or die! [[