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to: PAUL WEST
from: ANDREW GRILLET
date: 1998-04-23 07:55:00
subject: P-Pro/Mobo

Hi Paul,
-=> On 19 Apr 98  16:01:02 Paul West said to Andrew Grillet <=-
 PW> In a message to All  Andrew Grillet wrote:
 
 PW> IMHO I would MUCH rather have a PPRO than a P-II.  It's just a much
 PW> better  chip.  It lacks MMX support, but who cares.
Certainly not me. I do not use games. I do not have a sound card, and
if I wanted 'Video-in-a-window' I'd watch TV.
 
 PW> The PPRO is a Socket-8 chip, the P-II is a SLOT-1.  You need a
 PW> PPRO  specific motherboard.
 
Any specific ones to choose?
 AG> Should I buy a dual processor board? Do I have to pay extra for SMP
 AG> with warp4? (If so, I'd rather buy RAM).
 PW> SMP is currently not available for Warp 4.  For SMP with Warp you need
 PW> Warp  Server Advanced, which uses the WARP-3 kernal.  
I have Warp4 but have never been able to use it. I have tried it on each
of the 3 machines I have here, and each one has a different problem. Warp
3 runs fine on all of them. (Connect on 2) I also have Lan Server.
Andrew
... A KGB keyboard has no  key.
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