On Sat, 10 Jul 1999, Jelle Foks wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, dr. Brian Murphy wrote:
>
> > Hi guys,
> > has anyone tried out the Abit BP6 under linux? I have just bought a
> > Gigabyte
> > 6BXD to use in a dual Celeron configuration but I will exchange it if
> > the Abit
> > board runs Linux (and someone answers before 7 days are up) .
>
> We haven't tried it yet, but we're buying 5 this month and are counting on
> it that they all work with Linux. The only obstacle I've seen may be the
The IDE chipset core is HPT366 from HighPoint Technologies.
I have the DataSheets already and a card in route to me as of Wednsday
from Fremont Cal. It is from Triones aka Triton II folks.
It looks hot.............huge fifo and some type of double split channels.
Don't ask what it is, I don't know until I get one in hand.
It looks on paper to be a throttle rocket.
> UDMA66 IDE interface suport on the board, which might be supported only at
> the regular UDMA33 speed for the BX chipset (which is the chipset on the
> board). I've had and seen machines with the Gigabyte 6BXD and with the
> PCChips 750i dual boards running linux (all with celeron/ppga processors
> on slotkets), and really expect Linux to work on those Abit BP6 boards.
>
> However: Intel has announced they're leaving out the bond on the pin that
> allows dual usage on the celerons, so be quick, pretty soon they may not
> be any dual-capable celerons out there anymore (what will happen with the
> Abit BP6 then? Take a guess).
>
> Jelle Foks.
>
> > Brian Murphy
> >
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