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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux..misc,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!news.stealth.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!howland.erols.net!netcom.com!stephenk From: stephenk@netcom.com (Stephen Knilans) Subject: Re: Triton II/III Motherboards Message-ID: <stephenkE095KA.KA4@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <32775018.555F@fpmbh.com> <32798A67.F185C9B@nmaa.org> <55e8q1$3f3@godzilla.zeta.org.au> Date: Sat, 2 Nov 1996 16:52:58 GMT Lines: 47 Sender: stephenk@netcom16.netcom.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:30474 comp.os.linux.hardware:55251 comp.os.linux.setup:80841 In article <55e8q1$3f3@godzilla.zeta.org.au> belfry@zeta.org.au (Michael Kraus) writes: >G'day all... > >In <32798A67.F185C9B@nmaa.org> "Linh C. Nguyen" <lnguyen@nmaa.org> writes: > >>Larry Snyder wrote: >>> >>> I'm curious as to what motherboard would be faster -- >>> >>> Triton II with onboard 512 pipeline cache >>> >>> or >>> >>> Triton III with a add-on 512 pipeline cache >>> >>> OS would be Linux/BSD/NT 4.0 > >>There is no Triton III in the world. > >Funny... I have a price list sitting in front of me that lists the >Triton III VX Motherboard (Brand-8 bit). You tell me. =) He's right! There IS no triton III! The market name is TRITONII! The OFFICIAL name is 430HX or 430VX! SOME have decided to name one Triton III, and you really DON'T KNOW which! Go ahead, and buy the Triton III without asking. You'll PROBABLY get the VX, but MAY get the HX! BTW HYPE is ALL OVER! Just before 9600 baud modems came out, MANY modems claimed to be 9600BAUD! I was even in a store when an IRATE customer tried to return one! The MORONIC salesperson said "IT IS 9600baud, see, it says so!"! The customer had trouble telling this salesperson the TRUTH! It was a 2400 baud modem with compression which COULD attain 9600bps(note, NOT BAUD) IF: 1. The other person had such a modem with the feature enabled(UNLIKELY) 2. You were transferring NON compressed data(UNLIKELY) 3. You had a good connection! BTW, the FINE print on the back said this, although it was unclear due to the clear contradictions with their advertising! OTHERWISE, a 9600baud modem would be almost FOUR TIMES as fast! Maybe faster! BTW, the 9600baud modems were ALSO capable of compression, so even with the above 3 things being optimum, the 2400 couldn't keep up! I am surprised they didn't advertise the 9600 as 38.4K! Steve >