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From: doctor@nl2k.edmonton.AB.ca (The Doctor)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: Motherboard Suggestions?
Date: 28 Feb 1996 16:53:24 -0700
Organization: NetLine 2000
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Message-ID: <4h2ptk$nkr@doctor.nl2k.edmonton.ab.ca>
References: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960227025857.29171A-100000@ouray.cudenver.edu> <werecatDnHt2F.CJC@netcom.com>
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In article <werecatDnHt2F.CJC@netcom.com>, WereCat <werecat@netcom.com> wrote:
>Some time ago sdknittl@ouray.cudenver.edu wrote:
>> Can anyone suggest a motherboard (Intel Asus, Intel Atlantis, Intel
>> Endeavor, Intel Zappa, Cyrix 586mb) that will be best for bsdi? I'm
>> looking for fast motherborad without overkill (does bsdi use all of the
>> features of an Atlantis or a Pentium pro on a Asus?)
>
>The Intel Zappa motherboards do not support parity checking. The BSDI 2.1
>manual reccomends against motherboards without parity checking. We are
>currently having problems that we think are caused by flakey memory chips,
>but we can't really be sure because we have a Zappa motherboard. We are
>going to have to swap out the external cache and 64Mb of memory to try and
>determine the problem. I am not a happy camper. (Does Intel have *any*
>forethought?)
>
>--Trenton
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