[tech] (fwd) fs:(Melb) Penitum 200MMX (Socket 7)

[James Andrewartha]

On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Nick Bannon wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 02:10:15AM +0800, Grahame Bowland wrote:
> > Looks pretty good. How does this compare to the equivalent processor from 
> > CS for $300 with all the trimmings? We could grab one of those and make it 
> > mermaid, and then use the current mermaid as a console box?
> 
> Probably simpler to swap some bits and not bother reboxing, etc - the
> CPU and perhaps two 8MB for two 16MB SIMMs, making mermaid a 96MB
> P200-MMX and other a 48MB P133/P150. (was mermaid's CPU swapped to get
> rid of the FPU errors?  Last I remember it was running at 150MHz)

IIRC, the CS PCs had PC100 SDRAM, which comes in a DIMM. While you might
be able to use SDRAM in mermaid, depending on the motherboard, it's very
dodgy to use DIMMs and SIMMs at the same time.
 
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