Author: Mogens Larsen
Date: 14:15:27 08/06/01
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On August 06, 2001 at 16:37:20, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote: >I found this: > >Abit VP6 w/Pentium III 1000Mhz 1Ghz ( 2 ) FCPGA Coppermine 133Mhz CPU & Fan >$509.35 On Sale >BZP# - VP6P1Ghz >VP6 Dual Socket ATA-100 ATX W/ IDE RAID 4x slot 5 PCI 2 USB 4 DIMMS 133FSBMhz , >High Point HPT370 IDE Contr with Intel Oem Processor and fan, Upgrade options >are available. >at http://www.bzboyz.com/store/mb_abit.html > >It this exactly what you suggest? >A friend of mine also suggested me Abit VP6 as motherboard. I am really >considering buyin a dual, maybe not now but in the near future. Still a bit >expensive for my hobby but it will help tremendously. I should be able to >learn how to program SMP and it will help for development, testing in matches >with ponder on. Moreover, I could be running chess software while I am typing >my biochemistry papers (i.e. working)! >Speed is more important for development than for using the software! I own a VP6 motherboard and haven't experienced any problems at all. >It should not be very difficult to build this by myself, wouldn't it? No, it's quite manageable. Of course there's the odd wire bending and board wiggling. But nothing too problematic. >I need a really cheap video and sound card. One question, I saw >that this motherboard does not have ISA slots. Is that suppose to be a >problem? or an advantage? ISA cards are obsolete and the current standard is PCI AFAIK. You get an extra PCI slot instead of the ISA, so it's an advantage. Mogens.
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