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From: sahouri@MCS.COM (skippR)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: AMD DX2/80 w/ NetBSD?
Date: 1 Jan 1995 17:57:20 -0600
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Michael L. VanLoon (michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com) wrote:
: In article <D1Iv0G.2Cp@luva.lb.bawue.de> migieger@luva.lb.bawue.de (Michael Giegerich) writes:

:    There's a test of Pentium/PCI motherboards in c't 12.94.
:    The ASUS 60/66 and 90/100 boards support both 40 MHz too.
:    Both ratet among the best motherboards available (speed
:    and compatibility).

: But, continue to keep in mind that 40MHz is outside the PCI spec, so
: it's quite possible that many PCI cards will not operate this fast.
I just purchased an ACER P60/PCI.  What kind of performance should I
expect from it? And I'm thinking of putting FreeBSD on it, (Buslogic SCSII
controller and a 2GB segate HD) will there be a problem running Freebsd
on the it?  Please advice.

Tim

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