Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 10:20:15 -0500 From: "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, dg@root.com, mturpin@shadow.spel.com, toasty@home.dragondata.com, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Network adapters: Technical issues Message-ID: <199812171520.KAA95585@whizzo.transsys.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 17 Dec 1998 00:44:32 MST." <4.1.19981217004147.066e2c30@mail.lariat.org> References: <Your message of "Thu, 17 Dec 1998 00:23:14 MST." <4.1.19981217000925.066e26c0@mail.lariat.org> <4.1.19981217004147.066e2c30@mail.lariat.org>
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> At 11:29 PM 12/16/98 -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > It's just that the cost of an > upgrade would be significantly more than the $150 it would take > to replace the motherboard. There's also RAM.... Those systems > use older SIMMs. And a new motherboard is likely to be in the ATX > form factor; those 486es use the AT form factor. So between the > case and the RAM and the motherboard and the CPU and the keyboard > (yep, the old ones use AT, not PS/2, keyboards) we're almost talking > about throwing out the box. I had some similar considerations. I just bought an FIC VA-503+ motherboard, which is a baby-AT form factor, has 4 72-pin SIMM sockets, 1 MB of L2 cache, 3 PCI slots, a bunch of ISA slots and a 350MHz K6-2 CPU for about $250. I went with this specifically because I had an existing case and memory that I wanted to recover. Having only 3 PCI slots is sort of a downer, but the cost of the motherboard itself is about $50, so it can't be that bit a mistake. I did this to replace an old (no L2 cache, slow) 486 system so I could use the $30 10/100 ethernet boards I had lying around. louie To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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