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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!news-out.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!news-peer.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!hammer.uoregon.edu!newsgate.cuhk.edu.hk!news.att.net.hk!elausrv2.att.net.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!newsmaster From: andrew@asstdc.com.au (Andrew Ridge) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: 386DX-40 or 486SX-33? Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 23:12:28 GMT Organization: Assorted C Software Lines: 33 Message-ID: <32b1e1a0.522062@news.asstdc.com.au> References: <nigel.32.00137D82@znet.net.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp4.asstdc.com.au X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99d/16.182 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:32537 Hi Nigel, On Fri, 6 Dec 1996 19:29:17, nigel@znet.net.au (Nigel Gorry) wrote: >Hi all, > >I was wondering if it's worth replacing my 386DX-40 motherboard with a >486SX-33? > >Both have 8Mb RAM. > >Any ideas?? > If you've got the 486 board, yeah stick it in - the speed difference would be useable. I'm running 2.1.5 on a 386dx40, 8mb RAM, 1.2Gb EIDE HD and a 4x CD on the same IDE port - works brilliantly for want I want it for (a gateway for my 586 DOS/Windoze box) . It's a tad slow in doing compiles (like took about 22hours from memory to do a MAKE WORLD <grin>) but it does what I want it to do. I'm running the usual daemons (sendmail, apache etc) Took me and my ISP a while to figure out the on board cache was flakey - turned it off, and it's now rock solid, albeit at a slight drop in speed. Cheers Andrew