greetings, all ---
before i start downloading a ton of intel docs on the p4 and the cd,
i am hoping someone can give me short answers to two questions:
a] what is the fundamental difference between them
[ e. g., is the cd missing some major subsystem of the p4 ]?
[ i am aware of the cpu clock speed differences and that
the cd has a slower fsb. ]
b] are there any particular docs that i should get [ intel and others ]
with which i can rtfm to my heart's content or, at least, until i fall
asleep?
some background.
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until about ten years ago,
i was fairly well-versed on motorola's 6800 and 68000 lines.
i stopped paying attention to intel's lines after the 8086
[ i have always considered segments to be a marketing hack that got in the
way ].
the only line with which i remain reasonably knowledgeable is the 68908 family.
my apps.
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i am currently running two boxes with fbsd_4.10 on p3/800mhz.
i am about to acquire the parts for 4 to 6 boxes to replace these.
all will get fbsd_6.x.
one will have x installed to serve as my front-end.
one will be dedicated to postgres.
the remainder are tbd, but i want to experiment with different structures of
firewall.
i am pretty much settled on intel's 945g chipset, which has everything on board.
with two specific exceptions
[ a box built around an ati aiw_9600 to replace my vcrs
[ needs a tbd mobo with an agp slot [ 865pe ] and a fast p4 ],
a box for streaming audio from non-local radio stations ],
i tend to be text-oriented and integer-oriented.
because my apps tend to be undemanding,
i think in terms of simple, inexpensive boxes for dedicated purposes,
rather than trying to make one box do everything.
i have yet to need more than one cpu/mobo.
i am thinking of getting several different combinations
so that i can benchmark some memory-intensive test code on each.
sorry to go on at this length; i wanted to be thorough, but i'm sure i forgot
something.
thanks in advance.
please cc me as i am not subscribed to this list.
rob spellberg
woodstock, illinois
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