Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 14:26:25 -0400 From: "Koscielny, Wally" <Wally.Koscielny@gs.com> To: "'Chuck Robey'" <chuckr@picnic.mat.net>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: many cheap PC164 boards -- gret for NetBSD (fwd) Message-ID: <BF1A000F1B4CD211B69C00104BCB07312ACC67@gsny24e.et.gs.com>
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Here are the specs for both the boards in question: PC164 + 500 Mhz. Supports CPU speeds up to 500MHz 16MB to 512MB FPM memory array one bank of either 4 (128-bit) or 8 (256-bit) commodity, 36-bit, 70ns SIMMs 1MB, direct-mapped L3 cache Synchronous SRAM backup cache with 128-bit data path ATX Form Factor Fits standard ATX case, but requires a hard-switched ATX power supply PC164LX + 533 Mhz. Supports CPU speeds up to 600Mhz 32MB to 512MB memory ECC SDRAM (undocumented support to 1 GB) 2MB cache size, using 128K X 18SSRAMs ATX Form Factor Fits standard ATX case and standard ATX power supply The chips are pretty much the same except one is 33 Mhz. faster. The LX board is still supported by Compaq/DEC Since the special power supply is 100.00 I rather just spend the extra money and get a better board and a faster chip. Here are some bogomips measurements i just grabbed off the net: 21164/500 PC164 497.02 21164A/533 PC164LX 530.57 WK > -----Original Message----- > From: Chuck Robey [SMTP:chuckr@picnic.mat.net] > Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 1999 2:16 PM > To: Jordan K. Hubbard > Cc: Koscielny, Wally; freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: many cheap PC164 boards -- gret for NetBSD (fwd) > > On Wed, 14 Apr 1999, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > > A store near me has/had these boards with a 500 mhz chip for $250. > > > They also have/had the pc164lx with a 533 chip for $800, which is > > > what im planning to get. If any of you want the pc164's with chips > > > for 250 plus shipping let me know and i can check if the place > > > still has them. > > Am I missing something? $250 for a 500MHz system but you'd rather pay > $800 for a 533 system, that someone told me wasn't really as good as the > plain PC164? I'm missing something, please, could you enlighten me? > > It *seems* pretty strange. > > > > > Please find out how many are available - we (the project) would love > > to buy about 5 of them and make complete systems out of them for > > developers. We've also mailed Thor, but I don't know if we've gotten > > a reply yet. > > > > - Jordan > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message > > > > ----------------------------+--------------------------------------------- > -- > Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data > chuckr@picnic.mat.net | communications topic, C programming, and > Unix. > 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | > Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic (FreeBSD-current) > (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (Solaris7). > ----------------------------+--------------------------------------------- > -- > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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