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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:5891 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:71632 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!bbc!sunf1!brandon From: brandon@dd.eng.bbc.co.uk (Brandon.Butterworth) Subject: Re: Motherboards? Message-ID: <CEsqEq.Byr@bbc.co.uk> Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Sender: usenet@bbc.co.uk Nntp-Posting-Host: sunf1.dd.eng.bbc.co.uk Organization: British Broadcasting Corporation, UK X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0] References: <CEsGGr.DE1@festival.ed.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1993 18:08:50 GMT Lines: 22 Richard Tobin (richard@castle.ed.ac.uk) wrote: : I'm considering upgrading my 386 machine by buying a 486 motherboard. : Does anyone have advice on what to check for (chipset, BIOS etc) to : ensure that it will work with 386BSD/NetBSD? I am using FreeBSD EPSILON on a Panrix (I think) PCI board. This has the Intel PCI chipset and a Pheonix BIOS. The onboard scsi (NCR 53C810) is fast but I don't have in going under FreeBSD. Other than that all I can say is it seems fine and fast. : Also, will all 486 33MHz boards work with 80nS memory, or do some : require 70nS? The book says 70ns. I'm using 70ns ex Sun simms (be carefull some don't have as many parity bits). Brandon ****************************************************************************** * Brandon Butterworth * * BBC Development Group, Avenue House, Chiswick, London W4 5PG, UK * * uknet: brandon@dd.eng.bbc.co.uk ampr: G1OZZ@GB3KP * * phone: 081 747 4278 (+44 81 747 4278) fax: 081 995 4092 (+44 81 995 4092) * ******************************************************************************