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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!news.iag.net!trauma.rn.com!not-for-mail From: larry@rn.com (Larry Snyder) 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: 11 Aug 1995 10:40:19 -0000 Organization: none Lines: 16 Message-ID: <40fc2j$17h@trauma.rn.com> References: <3vvtun$cs@knobel.gun.de> <408gtl$r3m@news.cloud9.net> <40d3ov$l6t@zv.zv.fhg.de> <40ellv$san@gate.sinica.edu.tw> NNTP-Posting-Host: trauma.iag.net Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.benchmarks:7927 de.comp.os.unix:308 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:4675 In article <40ellv$san@gate.sinica.edu.tw>, > No, as I understand it, the Triton chipset cannot cache anything >beyond 64 megabytes of RAM. I don't believe it has to do with the >amount of cache installed (256K, 512K or 1 meg). What someone needs >to come up with is a Pentium/P6 board that can take at least a 150-MHz >CPU, accomodate up to 4 megabytes of L2, 8 memory slots (SIMM, DIMM, >EDO, holocube, whatever) for at least 512 megs of RAM, a chipset that >can cache all of that, and 6 PCI slots (and maybe one ISA slot). Then >I could jam in 3 PCI disk controllers, 2 100-Mbps NIC's, a Mach64 or >#9 PCI graphics card, and a sound card in the ISA slot. Oh, twin >16550 serial ports and a parallel port should already be on the >motherboard. :) Could anyone with such a product please contact me >at taob@io.org. :) and how much would you be willing to pay for this motherboard?