ken@gatech.edu (Ken Seefried III) (08/11/89)
--- I require some information concerning the Intel 32-bit bus. First, where does one find the specification for this bus? Second, I would like to know what machines provide an Intel slot. Obviously, those machines with the Intel motherboard do, as do those using the Mylex MX series board, but who is that? Lastly, I am curious as to what boards have been designed to use this board, especially memory boards larger than 2MB. So far, I know of the Intel 2 MB RAM boards and the Mylex MX376 SCSI controller board. ...ken seefried iii ken@gatech.edu
neighorn@nosun.UUCP ( SE Sun/PDX) (08/18/89)
In article <19096@gatech.edu> ken@gatech.edu (Ken Seefried III) writes: >I require some information concerning the Intel 32-bit bus. >First, where does one find the specification for this bus? The Intel OEM manual for the "301" motherboard contains information on the 301-style 32-bit bus. The "302" manual has similar information for the 302-style 32-bit bus. You can't take 301 memory cards and put them in the 302. >Lastly, I am curious as to what boards have been designed to use this >board, especially memory boards larger than 2MB. So far, I know of >the Intel 2 MB RAM boards and the Mylex MX376 SCSI controller board. The only cards I know of are the Intel 2 MB dRAM card, the Intel 8 MB dRAM card, and the SCSI controller board you mentioned. -- Steven C. Neighorn !tektronix!{psu-cs,nosun,ogccse}!qiclab!neighorn Sun Microsystems, Inc. "Where we DESIGN the Star Fighters that defend the 9900 SW Greenburg Road #240 frontier against Xur and the Ko-dan Armada" Portland, Oregon 97223 work: (503) 684-9001 / home: (503) 641-3469
johnl@esegue.uucp (John R. Levine) (08/20/89)
In article <405@nosun.UUCP> neighorn@nosun.UUCP (Steven C. Neighorn - SE Sun/PDX) writes: >In article <19096@gatech.edu> ken@gatech.edu (Ken Seefried III) writes: >>First, where does one find the specification for [the Intel 32-bit] bus? >The "302" manual has ... information for the 302-style 32-bit bus. >You can't take 301 memory cards and put them in the 302. I have an Intel 302 box, and the manual says that the spec for the 32 bit slots is Intel proprietary, see your Intel salesman and beg. Thanks a lot. I would be interested in hearing about reasonably priced sources for the memory cards; I suspect that 8MB won't be enough once I load up NFS and X windows. -- John R. Levine, Segue Software, POB 349, Cambridge MA 02238, +1 617 492 3869 {ima|lotus}!esegue!johnl, johnl@ima.isc.com, Levine@YALE.something Massachusetts has 64 licensed drivers who are over 100 years old. -The Globe
neighorn@qiclab.UUCP (Steven C. Neighorn) (08/25/89)
In article <1989Aug20.022459.724@esegue.uucp> johnl@esegue.UUCP (John Levine) writes: >I have an Intel 302 box, and the manual says that the spec for the 32 bit >slots is Intel proprietary, see your Intel salesman and beg. Thanks a lot. >I would be interested in hearing about reasonably priced sources for the >memory cards; I suspect that 8MB won't be enough once I load up NFS and >X windows. Whoops, there may be different manuals depending on where/how you get your box. I dunno... As for memory, having worked quite a bit with a configuration similar to what it sounds like you are setting up, 8MB is probably enough. Once you get set up, you might try using "sar" to analyze your memory usage. Of course, the more X clients you run, the more memory you'll need. Plus the kernel gets bigger and bigger. With X, TCP/IP, NFS, Tape driver, RFS, and so on, the size(1) total of the kernel will exceed 1.6 megs. (your mileage will vary). More memory never hurt anyone to my knowledge :-). As for second sources of Intel memory cards (I assume that's what you mean by reasonably priced sources) I have seen ads in the back of computer rags selling "Intel motherboard-compatible memory cards" for less, but not *much* less, than Intel sells them for. Sorry, can't recall any company names, and I haven't seen any such ads in the last couple months. Good luck with the search. -- Steven C. Neighorn !tektronix!{psu-cs,nosun,ogccse}!qiclab!neighorn Sun Microsystems, Inc. "Where we DESIGN the Star Fighters that defend the 9900 SW Greenburg Road #240 frontier against Xur and the Ko-dan Armada" Portland, Oregon 97223 work: (503) 684-9001 / home: (503) 641-3469