Justification of a 128bit address bus....

From: jpero_at_pop.cgocable.net <(jpero_at_pop.cgocable.net)>
Date: Fri Oct 23 10:19:41 1998

> Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 18:39:08 -0500
> Reply-to: classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu
> From: Arfon Gryffydd <ArfonRG_at_DIEspammerSCUM.Texas.Net>
> To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers" <classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Justification of a 128bit address bus....

Snipped of that TRS-80 gloating...tsk tsk. But if that meets your
needs, great but no point in gloating who has the best.

> x486SX-25 and Win98!!! (FYI: No problems with Y2K, I'm running Linux).

The point about locking those guys who made out those idiotic design
in that room with 486sx I would vote for (or better yet Cyrix 486SLC
no better than 385DX).

IRQ cramming is serious problem for last few years now and Y2K is
still found in many current hardware and software even in some LInux
apps. Don't dismiss it lightly! I'm still looking for right
solutions but no action yet. This is because of too many differing
opinions and solutions confusing this issue.

I looked at MS's website and there are many Y2K issues in win95
including the dos date fixes, still confused.

I want one that will work when I apply patches or bios updates some
want you to use beta bios on 1 year old boards for that Y2K. Not too
appealing. Push that motherboard maker for final bioses releses for
some Asus boards that was stopped made last year. sissy. (Asus) I
plan to keep T2P4 for long time with AMD K6 series upgrade to it to
replace the 100mhz cpu but the Y2K must be addressed first!

I had crappy hardware in 386dx It was folly but remember I was
just starting out because of poor quality and again with 486. P5
machine was good quality stuff. This switch over really made the
difference in reliablity and savings in long run and more importantly
proper performance. This machine is still in use for over 2 years
now.

> Again, I say that it is better to over-kill in the beginning than patch
> everything later. If you are dealing with a 64 bit data bus, It is nice
> and easy to just use two data widths (packaging is a bitch but, that can be
> overcome).
>
Long time to see that happen yet because people is still buying SS7
with AMD chips and PII, celerons w/ 128K on board.

Snip!

Jason D.
email: jpero_at_cgocable.net
Pero, Jason D.
Received on Fri Oct 23 1998 - 10:19:41 BST