Re: Build your own Motherboards (was Re: AMD K6 233 Cpu 465

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
6 Sep 1998 00:45:33 GMT

Followup to: <Pine.LNX.4.02.9809052001110.340-100000@tahallah.demon.co.uk>
By author: Alex Buell <alex.buell@tahallah.demon.co.uk>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> On Sat, 5 Sep 1998, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>
> > With USB, all you probably need for a workable MB is - PCI controller
> > - USB controller - RAM/L2 cache controller - PIC - processor(s)
>
> Funnily enough, I'm getting a motherboard like this next month from
> Supermicro - one of their lovely P6DNF numbers. Dual Pentium Pros plus the
> above. I think Pentium Pros are the best of the Pentium tree, and can't
> wait until the PPro 200 with 1024k L2 cache gets cheaper. I just don't
> like the Pentium IIs, call me stupid. :o)
>

They never will -- Intel is pulling the plug on the PPro's in favour
of the Xeon.

-hpa

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