Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 13:02:18 -0700 From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 430TX ? Message-ID: <199704122002.NAA08538@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 12 Apr 1997 22:57:04 %2B0300." <Pine.BSF.3.95.970412224903.9830A-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee>
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Hmmm... Does DEC have a motherboard for PC with 64bit slots? Cheers, Amancio >From The Desk Of Narvi : > > > Sorry, I snipped the CC: list quite a bit... - hope no one get offended > > On Fri, 11 Apr 1997, Amancio Hasty wrote: > > > >From The Desk Of "David Langford" : > > > Main point is that I think even motherboard makers could be more helpful > > > in improving memory usage. I would pay a premium for a high bandwidth > > > motherboard, but I dont see a point in spending $750 for motherboards tha t > > > perform just like the $200 boards... > > > > > > It is call lets charge to the hilt for our hardware mistakes . > > > > Oh, Don't forget that 64bit PCI based motherboards have not come out yet > > so guess what? 8) > > Well, there are at least for PowerPC - the Motorola Atlas(?)/ MTX > motherboard has one 64bit slot and 2 32-bit slots. I guess all that is > needed for a PC chipset having 64 bit PCI is a CPU-host controller, > interfacing anything else (including ISA?) to it using Digitals 64/64 and > 64/32 PCI bridges. > > Sander > > > > > Cheers, > > Amancio > > > > > > >
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