Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 19:10:23 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: David Alderman <dave@persprog.com> Cc: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net>, hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Motherboard & ChipSet pointers? Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95.970114190900.16073G-100000@uplink.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <199701142251.RAA02714@persprog.com>
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On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, David Alderman wrote: > On 14 Jan 97 at 15:07, Steve Passe proclaimed: > > > > > EISA should be avoided for SMP/technical reasons (which I have gone into > > in detail in the past). I highly recommend the Gigabyte GA586DX if > > you want a P5 system. P6 is an unknown to me. > > Unfortunately that would have been my next question, namely: > Wouldn't P6's be better for multiprocessing than Pentiums? > Also, which would be more cost-effective, a dual Pentium 166 (since > 200's are NOT cost effective) or a single Pentium Pro 200? If you're interested in P6's, my Tyan Titan Pro, with 2 p6-166's works fine for smp. The 166 Mhz chips were about half the price of the 200's, and had 512K cache to boot, so I'm very happy with that compromise. > > I think I'll go check some prices... > > ====================================== > When philosophy conflicts with reality, choose fantasy. > Dave Alderman -- dave@persprog.com > ====================================== > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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