Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 17:14:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Steve Khoo <steve@gordian.com> To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au Cc: agifford@infowest.com, angio@aros.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any Pentium Pro MB recommendations? Message-ID: <199605030014.RAA04476@delphi.gordian.com> In-Reply-To: <199605020919.SAA29510@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> (message from Michael Smith on Thu, 2 May 1996 18:49:50 %2B0930 (CST))
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>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> writes:
Michael> Dave Andersen stands accused of saying:
>>
>> See:
>>
>> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/wcarchive.configuration
>>
>> Which basically says:
>>
>> Alder SMP motherboard, Orion Chipset, a 150Mhz pentium pro. Given
>> wcarchive's performance, it's a pretty solid contender.
Michael> DO NOT BE MISLED by other boards with the 'Orion'
Michael> chipset. Most suffer from the PCI-posted-write bug and
Michael> will perform _AWFULLY_.
Michael> Unless something drastic has happened in the last few
Michael> months, there are _no_ decent P6 motherboards generally
Michael> available. The 'Alder' chassis is a special Intel Server
Michael> Group product, and is AFAIK not generally available.
>> -Dave Andersen
Michael> --
Hmmm... From all the responses I got so far it sounds like I should
wait till Alder MB's become available to the general public.
SEK
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