Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 15:30:11 +0000 From: Manar Hussain <manar@ivision.co.uk> To: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Network adapters: Technical issues Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19981217153011.00968e60@stingray.ivision.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <199812171520.KAA95585@whizzo.transsys.com> References: <Your message of "Thu, 17 Dec 1998 00:44:32 MST." <4.1.19981217004147.066e2c30@mail.lariat.org> <Your message of "Thu, 17 Dec 1998 00:23:14 MST." <4.1.19981217000925.066e26c0@mail.lariat.org> <4.1.19981217004147.066e2c30@mail.lariat.org>
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We're running about 4 systems based on this board (all with K6-2 300s) and they run pretty decently on the whole but we have had slightly more motherboard hassles than normal ... We went with these boards due to the combination of: 256Mb of cached RAM supported, AT form factor, 100MHz bus support + reasonable availability (in the UK) ... Manar >I just bought an FIC VA-503+ motherboard, which is a baby-AT form factor, >has 4 72-pin SIMM sockets, 1 MB of L2 cache, 3 PCI slots, a bunch >of ISA slots and a 350MHz K6-2 CPU for about $250. I went with this >specifically because I had an existing case and memory that I wanted >to recover. > >Having only 3 PCI slots is sort of a downer, but the cost of the motherboard >itself is about $50, so it can't be that bit a mistake. > >I did this to replace an old (no L2 cache, slow) 486 system so I could >use the $30 10/100 ethernet boards I had lying around. > >louie > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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