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Jordan K. Hubbard 1995-12-03 00:17:57 +00:00
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<!-- $Id: hw.sgml,v 1.9 1995-11-25 20:00:48 jkh Exp $ --> <!-- $Id: hw.sgml,v 1.10 1995-12-03 00:17:57 jkh Exp $ -->
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cannot obviously guarantee that it will be at any given time. cannot obviously guarantee that it will be at any given time.
<sect2><heading>Motherboards</heading> <sect2><heading>Motherboards</heading>
<p>The <htmlurl url="http://asustek.asus.com.tw/" name="ASUS"> P55TP4XE <p>The <htmlurl url="http://asustek.asus.com.tw/" name="ASUS">
<htmlurl url="http://asustek.asus.com.tw/FTP/ASUS/Info/Spec/pi-p55tp4xe.txt"
name="P55TP4XE">
motherboard appears to be a good choice for mid-to-high range Pentium motherboard appears to be a good choice for mid-to-high range Pentium
server and workstation systems. If you're really looking for performance, server and workstation systems. If you're really looking for performance,
be also sure to get the <htmlurl url="http://asustek.asus.com.tw/Products/TB/mem-0002.html" name="pipelined burst cache module">. It's worth the extra be also sure to get the <htmlurl url="http://asustek.asus.com.tw/Products/TB/mem-0002.html" name="pipelined burst cache module">. I feel that it's worth
cost, I feel. If you're looking for a 486 class motherboard, you might the extra cost. If you're looking for a 486 class motherboard, you might
also investigate ASUS's 486SP3G offering. also investigate ASUS's <htmlurl url="http://asustek.asus.com.tw/FTP/ASUS/Info/Spec/pvi-486sp3.txt" name="486SP3G"> offering.
NOTE: The Intel <htmlurl url="http://asustek.asus.com.tw/Products/TB/triton-intro.html" name="Triton"> chipset based motherboards do not offer memory
parity logic, making it almost impossible to detect when a memory error
has occurred. Those wishing to build highly fault-tolerant systems may
therefore want to wait for Intel's newest generation of motherboards
based on the Orion chipset or investigate ASUS's SiS chipset based
motherboard, the <htmlurl url="http://asustek.asus.com.tw/FTP/ASUS/Info/Spec/pi-p55sp4.txt" name="P55SP4">. I have no personal experience with this
motherboard, but have heard good things about it and will note that it
has the advantage of being available <em>now</em>.
<sect2><heading>Disk Controllers</heading> <sect2><heading>Disk Controllers</heading>
<p>This one is a bit trickier, and while I used to recommend the <p>This one is a bit trickier, and while I used to recommend the