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Date:      Tue, 10 Jun 1997 18:24:23 -0600
From:      Steve Passe <smp@csn.net>
To:        dave@persprog.com
Cc:        Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu>, Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: fastest possible FreeBSD system? 
Message-ID:  <199706110024.SAA22395@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 10 Jun 1997 20:06:08 EDT." <339DEBF0.49FC2B3E@persprog.com> 

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Hi,

> > I would be willing to believe this is generally true,  Were they close
> > enough
> > that a PII-300 would overcome the PPro?  The PII will continue to get
> > faster,
> > the PPro is probably frozen @ 200mHz.
> They were very close, as I recall.  A 300 should pull ahead but if this
> is Deschutes it is probably plugging into Slot Two.  Slot One evidently
> has some shortcomings (just like PCI 1.0).  Intel is obviously
> downplaying this changeover.

no, I was thinking PII-300, which has been announced, but is NOT yet shipping.
the Deschutes/slot2 is yet another piece of the puzzle.  It presummably is
a majot step up, amd should be available in the 6-12 month time frame.

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