From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Dec 17 07:20:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA08119 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 07:20:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from whizzo.transsys.com (whizzo.TransSys.COM [144.202.42.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA08113 for ; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 07:20:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from louie@whizzo.transsys.com) Received: from whizzo.transsys.com (localhost.transsys.com [127.0.0.1]) by whizzo.transsys.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id KAA95585; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 10:20:16 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from louie@whizzo.transsys.com) Message-Id: <199812171520.KAA95585@whizzo.transsys.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Brett Glass cc: Mike Smith , dg@root.com, mturpin@shadow.spel.com, toasty@home.dragondata.com, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Louis A. Mamakos" Subject: Re: Network adapters: Technical issues References: <4.1.19981217004147.066e2c30@mail.lariat.org> In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 17 Dec 1998 00:44:32 MST." <4.1.19981217004147.066e2c30@mail.lariat.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 10:20:15 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > 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