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From: "Allen Ray Watters, Jr" <rwatters@easy.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux..misc,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Triton II/III Motherboards
Date: 15 Nov 1996 05:18:45 GMT
Organization: Deep Watters, Still Watters
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James Montz <jmontz@greatlakesav.com> wrote in article
<01bbd1b7$33668e00$8ca090ce@compserv.greatlakesav.com>...
> 
> 
> Philippe Steindl <steindl@stud-hg.ethz.ch> wrote in article
> <56a6vv$4ql@elna.ethz.ch>...
> > Michael Kraus (belfry@zeta.org.au) wrote:
> > : >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.  =)
> > 
> > You silly :) The board is named Triton3, it doesn't have anything to do
> with
> > the onboard chipset, which is obviously the 430VX chipset.
> > 
> > 	See ya,
> > 
> > 		PS
> > 
> It's Tyan Titan III
> 

430FX = Triton Chipset
430HX = Triton II Chipset
430VX = Triton III Chipset

Sorry, but I don't remember the numbers for the Neptune chipset...BTW, 440s
are the Multi-CPU chipsets, and a different chip set is used for the
Pentium Pro single processor motherboard.  

Ray Watters