Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 12:54:45 +0200 (EET) From: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> To: Kenny Hanson <khanson@pdspc.com> Cc: "FreeBSD Hackers (E-mail)" <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FW: Can a PII & a P6 coexist ??? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971106125359.12585B-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> In-Reply-To: <91DD7FDA88E4D011BED00000C0DD87E7124C3A@pds-gateway.pdspc.com>
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On Wed, 5 Nov 1997, Kenny Hanson wrote: > I stand corrected... first of all, like a dork, I mixed up the P6 and > P5. Second, I have > now heard of those kinds of adapters. I think you'd have some timing > issues but it > would be kind of interesting to find out eh? Because of the difference > in cache speeds > I think you'd run into some problems. > > Research! More research before ya open your dang mouth Kenny!!! > > Well, I though they used at least slightly different algorithms to keep the caches coherent? Sander There is no love, no good, no happiness and no future - all these are just illusions. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kenny Hanson > > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 1997 11:16 AM > > To: FreeBSD Hackers (E-mail) > > Subject: RE: Can a PII & a P6 coexist ??? > > > > I've never heard of those kinds of adapters... Intel has a pretty > > tight lock on Slot 1 > > technology (i.e. against the law to reverse engineer) so I can't > > imagine that anybody > > would be able to engineer a socket8 to slot1 adapter. Of course, I > > could be wrong :-) > > > > I'm not 100% positive on this, but my guesstimate is no dice. Slot 1 > > is completely > > different than Socket 8 and requires a whole different kind of wiring; > > different > > control lines and data lines to the 440LX (AGP Set). You'd have to > > design a whole > > new chipset to handle the different processors. > > > > Kenny Hanson, Senior Research Analyst > > Paragon Development Systems > > Email: khanson@pdspc.com > > Web: http://www.pdspc.com > > Phone: (800) 966-6090 > > Fax: (414) 569-5390 > > > > > > Getting ones hands on a 440LX based MB isn't easy without getting > > thiose dreaded slot 1's as a "bargain". Most vendors (cleverly) > > supplies Socket8->Slot1 adapters so... > > My question is, would a P6 and a PII coexist in a dual CPU Motherboard > > ?? > > > > I know I ask the most stupid questions :) > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > -=-=-=- > > Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD > > Core Team > > Even more code to hack -- will it ever end > > .. >
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