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Last Modified: 4 May 2001
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Hewlett-Packard
General Workstation Page |
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graphics oriented machine |
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V1725A $6728 (dual) |
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graphics oriented machine |
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IBM
General Workstation Page |
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PIII 1 GHz**, no monitor, 18GB HD, 256MB RDRAM | |
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PIII Xeon 1 GHz**, no monitor, 18GB HD, 256MB RDRAM | |
DELL
General Precision Page |
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PIII 1 GHz**, no monitor, 18GB HD, 256MB RDRAM | |
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PIII Xeon 1 GHz**,no monitor, 18GB HD, 256MB RDRAM | |
COMPAQ
Workstation Overview |
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PIII 1GHz**, 18GB HD, 256MB RDRAM, no monitor | |
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PIII Xeon 1GHz**, 18GB HD, 256MB RDRAM, no monitor | |
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(AIC 7890) |
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PIII 600 MHz, 9GB HD, 256 MB PC100 RAM, no monitor | |
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PIII 733MHz, 30GB HD, 256 MB SDRAM, no monitor | |
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PIII 733MHz, 20 GB HD, 256 MB RDRAM, no monitor | |
* per customer rep. | ** Focused on 1 GHz processors only to allow direct price comparisons between companies. |
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Not much out there. |
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Hardware Central likes it (includes bench tests), unknown w/ Linux 2.2.x , MRHS-I/O switching sensitive (their motto: "biting the hand that feeds IT"), problem with SDRAM , tom's hardware on MRH-S and SDRAM. Also, Dell's 420 and 620 dual processor work stations come with Red Hat 7.0 installed so Dell believes in running Linux on this chipset. Xi computers also installs Red Hat on this chipset. |
.Here are reviews on the SuperMicro PIIIDME motherboard that uses the intel 840 chipset. This m/b was mentioned in the link unknown w/ Linux 2.2.x. Don't know if this is the m/b in the above workstations. | several informal reviews at earthlink |
Asus BX m/b | Did not find anything interesting using common search engines, and search of the linux-kernel mailing list. |
Gigabyte GA-6VXD7, via Apollo Pro 133A (694X) chipset | The chipset may require special drivers for the USB controller
in order to work under Linux (kernel mailing-list
message ).
USB in smp-enabled 2.4.0 kernels is still broken; may be a PCI IRQ routing prolem (kernel mailing-list message |
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Does compaq offer Athlon dual processor machines? Currently, Compaq advertises only for dual pentium processors. See their product matrix . |
AMD has a page of links
tosuppliers.
Perhaps
this list could be used to find more sources of dual processor machines.
From AMD's list of sources (not an exhaustive search), the following had
dual processors of which the low end machines have been added to the above
shopping list.
Monarch Computer Systems SYS Technology Xi Computer |