Date: Tue, 06 Aug 1996 20:50:33 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@HeadCandy.com> To: Rob Snow <rsnow@lgc.com> Cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: P6 Natoma chipset Message-ID: <199608070350.UAA21032@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of Tue, 06 Aug 96 12:56:42 -0500. <Pine.SGI.3.93.960806124725.9417A-100000@dympna>
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>I've got a Dual CPU Natoma board (OEM Microsatar) with one CPU. It runs [...] >On a side note: >I noticed a program (DOS) called VIDSPEED which enables several features >(write posting and write combining) for the orion that appear to work with >the Natoma. Under DOS they've increased PCI graphics card throughput from >25M(pixel/byte?)/sec to 75M(pixel/byte?)/sec. I believe that >this is actually generic to the PCI bus and not just the graphics >card. I was wondering if anyone seen the critter and docs and if this >could be (or already is) included in Free/NetBSD. I believe a decent current BIOS should be able to do this. I just ordered the SuperMicro Dual P6 board (with one 200MHz CPU). Well see when it arrives. :-) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com --< 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... Roll your own Internet access -- Seattle People's Internet cooperative. If you're in the Seattle area, ask me how. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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