Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 16:49:28 -0800 (PST) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> To: fcawth@jjarray.umd.edu (Fred Cawthorne) Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel Apache Motherboard???? Message-ID: <199603160049.QAA17299@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <199603141633.LAA13400@jjarray.umd.edu> from "Fred Cawthorne" at Mar 14, 96 11:33:16 am
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> > Has anyone tried using this new Intel Apache Pentium Pro motherboard?? Nope, but then I have a nasty habbit of not touching any motherboards made by Intel, unless it is out of the Server's group. > It is a lot cheaper than the ASUS, and I was wondering what people's thoughts > were about this thing... > > Otherwise, has this PCI slowness problem been solved with the ASUS boards? Nope, and it won't be until Intel starts to ship B0 stepping Orion to OEM's, and that is not predicted to occur until some time in April. > What is the Pentium Pro board of choice now? NONE! The Orion chip set is seriously flawed in several design aspects, and even the B0 stepping will not fix these flaws. Until the second generation P6 chip sets come out of Intel my advice on Pentium Pro is simply _don't_ do it. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD
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