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Xref: sserve comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips:23905 comp.os.linux.hardware:7200 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:398 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:1360 comp.os.386bsd.questions:17570 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!classic.iinet.com.au!news.uoknor.edu!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!venus.sun.com!news2me.EBay.Sun.COM!engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM!logrus!ericvb From: ericvb@Sun.COM (Eric van Bezooijen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Which motherboard to buy? Bogus PLATO BIOS and IRQ sharing Date: 23 May 1995 02:17:45 GMT Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc., Mountain View, CA Lines: 32 Message-ID: <3prgk9$r7d@engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM> References: <3n4mtq$do8@agate.berkeley.edu> <3njk0a$pq2@onramp.arc.nasa.gov> <3nonrm$7t2@park.uvsc.edu> <3nrir2$46s@onramp.arc.nasa.gov> <3nt0e4$t1j@agate.berkeley.edu> <3obrnh$b5v@onramp.arc.nasa.gov> <3ooq8u$kj5@news.ed.ray.com> <3pdtb5$834@onramp.arc.nasa.gov> <3pgl52$j5a@onramp.arc.nasa.gov> <D8yMD1.Fn5@ucc.su.OZ.AU> NNTP-Posting-Host: logrus.eng.sun.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Justin Couch (couch-jt@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_DOMAIN_FILE) wrote: : Hugh LaMaster (lamaster@viking.arc.nasa.gov) wrote: : : Are there any known problems with either the : : Mylex or ASUS SiS-chipset-based Pentium mboards? : : Is anyone running one of these boards with a 100 MHz : : Pentium? : : Do these boards work OK with the Buslogic 946C? : : [Still searching for a hardware combination known to work : : with "many" of the usual free operating systems.] : Yep. Actually it is running a P90 overclocked to 100MHz on the ASUS m/b. As : for SCSI stuff I am using the SC200 (NCR53c810) on it connected to a quantum : empire 2100s and sony 2x CDROM. Linux has not missed a beat yet (and about : to try slowlaris on it). : Justin I have a 90 Mhz Pentium ASUS board with the Sis chipset and an NCR SC200 controller. I can't get FreeBSD to install, because FreeBSD's ncr driver doesn't like my hard drive (Quantum Grand Prix 4.3 Gb disk). So, until there is a fix for this, I suggest you do not use a Quantum Grand Prix with your combination of hardware. -Eric -- "I'm a smarty everyday!"- Beanie the Cerebrally-challenged bison, Animaniacs Eric van Bezooijen | "Faboo!"- Wakko Warner, Animaniacs [Warlord *THIS*] eric@csua.berkeley.edu | "Oh joy of Joys!"- Stimpson J. Cat, Ren & Stimpy eric.vanbezooijen@sun.com | "Spoon!"- The Tick [Pixies and Talking Heads rule!]