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Xref: sserve comp.benchmarks:7777 de.comp.os.unix:308 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:4101 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.uoregon.edu!news.dacom.co.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!EU.net!sun4nl!sci.kun.nl!sci.kun.nl!wwanders From: wwanders@sci.kun.nl (William Wanders) Newsgroups: comp.benchmarks,de.comp.os.unix,de.comp.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Intel Zappa board vs. Asus P55... Date: 6 Aug 1995 09:35:43 GMT Organization: University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands Lines: 26 Message-ID: <4022df$siq@wn1.sci.kun.nl> References: <3vvtun$cs@knobel.gun.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: studs.sci.kun.nl X-Newsreader: NN version 6.4.19 In <3vvtun$cs@knobel.gun.de> andreas@knobel.gun.de (Andreas Klemm) writes: >Can someone please give me a recommendation what to buy ... >I wanted to get an ASUS P55TP4XE board with synchronous >cache memory. My local hardware shop told me, that currently >there is no ASUS board with synchronous (burst) cache available >and the normal Asus board would be relatively expensive. >He told me, that currently the Intel Zappa board with flash >CMOS, Triton Chipset, parallel port + 16550 UARTS would be >as well as the ASUS Pentium board but less expensive. >I wnt to run DOS, Windows 95, Windows NT 3.5.1, FreeBSD and >Linux as OS on this machine. Could someone tell me, if the >Intel Zappa board is really ok and fast ? I own a Intel ZP board with a Pentium 90 Mhz. I'm very pleased with it. It is very stable and performance is GREAT. I use Win95 (with plug and play) and FreeBSD without any problems. Linux is said to work OK also but i did not test it myself. Next week i'll be getting WinNT so i can't say anything about that. William Wanders (wwanders@sci.kun.nl)