Re: PC suitable for HA controller?

["Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>]

>
> > The Pentium Pro is a server chip as far as I knpw,
>
>Only if it's a Xeon. Pentium Pro is simply the pentium II [i.e. 6x86].
>Standard
>desktop processor, no probs for HA or normal use.

You're mixing your processor families... the Xeon is the latest P111 core
with all the MMX & SIMD extensions etc. - only been around for a year
or
two.

The Pentium PRO is based on the classic pentium core (IE the 586), it
pre-dates the Pentium 11 (although both existed alongside each other for a
while. The P-Pro was only ever clocked up to 200Mhz (officially that is,
but
it isnt a good chip for overclocking, although it wasn't unheard of for the
180Mhz version to be overclocked to 200Mhz). Performance improvements were
latterly brought about purely by increasing the on-die cache size, first
from 256K to 512K, then finally to 1MB. The P-Pro does NOT include MMX
extenstions, or any of the subsequent x86 family extensions. It most
definately was the "server" chip offering, being the only one (at
the time)
that supported multi-processor configurations.

I agree with the price estimate range though...

Incidentally I have a couple of P-Pro 200Mhz/256K chips in my junk cupboard
if anybody wants them....

Paul G.

>
>Costing? P6 [ie PPro] worthless now, 128MB ram - £50 new, 1GB HD -
really?
>that
>small, wow haven't seen anything that small for ages. worthless
probably
>
>System as a whole, I wouldn't pay more than £50 to £75 pounds. Of
course
>this
>assumes there is no monitor with it and no super high spec graphics,
sound
>or
>specialist devices included ;-)
>
>
>Calum
>
>
> >   >From:
> >
> >sentto-1109639-6796-981587670-mark=automatedhome.co.uk@xxxxxxx
> >   >om
> >
> >[mailto:sentto-1109639-6796-981587670-mark=automatedhome.co.uk@xxxxxxx
> >   >nelist.com]On Behalf Of Mick Furlong
> >   >Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 11:13 PM
> >   >To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> >   >Subject: [ukha_d] PC suitable for HA controller?
> >   >
> >   >
> >   >I have a chance to get an old PC which I would like to use
as a HA
> >   >controller.
> >   >
> >   >Specification is Pentium Pro 200. 128mb ram, 1gb ide disc.
> >   >
> >   >Interestingly it has 4x PCI and 4xISA slots (1 shared), so
loading it
> >   >up with expansion cards such as Sound and Serial Ports is
easy (i
>have
> >   >an odd mix of cards around so the mix of slots is handy.
> >   >
> >   >Could someone advise on the pros and cons od using this PC
for HA and
> >   >also whether the system is actually worth paying  any money
for?
> >   >
> >   >Thanks in advance
> >   >
> >   >Mick
> >   >
> >   >
> >   >
> >   >
> >   >
> >
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