From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Feb 25 22:10:45 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA18163 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 22:10:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from mx.serv.net (mx.serv.net [199.201.191.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA18141; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 22:10:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from MindBender.serv.net by mx.serv.net (8.7.5/SERV Revision: 2.30) id WAA14627; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 22:10:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.serv.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id WAA29342; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 22:10:16 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199702260610.WAA29342@MindBender.serv.net> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.serv.net: Host michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Tom Samplonius cc: "Vnotchenko S.S." , freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [H] Optimal computer for FreeBSD In-reply-to: Your message of Tue, 25 Feb 97 02:19:53 -0800. Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 22:10:15 -0800 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> We want use something like this: PCI, Pentium-PRO ATX CPU, 64 Mb EDO RAM, > Always use parity RAM on servers, especially if you are buying >everything from scratch. > EDO doesn't give you much of a improvement if your motherboard supports >pipeline-burst-cache. My guess is that it doesn't, since the cache is built into the CPU... :-) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@MindBender.serv.net --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... -----------------------------------------------------------------------------