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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!nntp.uio.no!news.cais.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.new-york.net!ritz.mordor.com!ritz From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz) Subject: Re: ALR Pentium Pro and FreeBSD? X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Lines: 23 Organization: Mordor International Message-ID: <DqpGnK.7DE@ritz.mordor.com> References: <4m5u4b$f1d@news.service.uci.edu> Date: Wed, 1 May 1996 02:38:08 GMT Sam Sapoznick (ssapozni@photon.lib.uci.edu) wrote: : I'd like to buy an ALR Evolution Dual6 Pentium Pro to run FreeBSD on. Has any : one used ALR Pentium Pro-class machines to run FreeBSD? Are there any : general conflicts between FreeBSD and the P6? : : Here are more specific specs. : : The Dual 6 comes with one processor, with a slot for a second processor. Can : FreeBSD use the second processor efficiently, or at all? : : The chipset is Intel 82450KX (OrionDT) PCI. : BIOS is Phoenix Upgradeable Flash BIOS : : Thanks very much. Unless Intel is shipping fixed orion chipsets you're going to find yourself limited to about 4mb/sec of cpu to memory bandwidth...yech. You'll probably get much better performance out of a P166 on a Triton- based (or Triton II if you can find one) motherboard. Regards, Chris -- Christopher Mauritz | For info on internet access: ritz@mordor.com | finger/mail info@ritz.mordor.com OR Mordor International | http://www.mordor.com/ 201/212/718 internet access | Modem: (201)433-7343,(212)843-3451