sam@soi.UUCP (Sam Lipson) (09/02/88)
I'm looking for comments good or bad about this motherboard. It is apparently a direct implementation of some Chips and Technologies design. One of the claims they make is that they can run at full speed (20 mHz) with 80nS rams and no wait states, 16 mHz with 100 ns rams and no wait states. I believe these numbers are with interleaving turned on. Have you seen one work? What do you think of it? Where did you get it, how much did you pay? Will summarize to net if enough interest, (or to interested parties only). Thanks in advance, Sam Lipson harvard!soi!sam soi!sam%harvard.harvard.edu
chasm@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Charles Marslett) (09/03/88)
In article <390@soi.UUCP>, sam@soi.UUCP (Sam Lipson) writes: > > I'm looking for comments good or bad about this motherboard. > It is apparently a direct implementation of some Chips and > Technologies design. > > One of the claims they make is that they can run at full speed > (20 mHz) with 80nS rams and no wait states, 16 mHz with 100 ns rams > and no wait states. I believe these numbers are with interleaving > turned on. > > Thanks in advance, > Sam Lipson I have heard unverified rumors that the NEAT chipset itself has some little nasty in it to interfere with using many (most?) boards that implement 8-bit memory interfaces. That would include ALL video adapters I am aware of in at least one mode or another (oops, except for a few of the very high end CAD oriented boards that do not attempt to emulate any standard graphics mode). Anyone know more details (my info gets filtered by rumor mills, often better than the finest whisky!). Charles Marslett chasm@killer.dallas.tx.us