On Monday December 2 2002 11:12 am, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Thursday 21 Nov 2002 3:59 pm, Derek Jennings wrote:
> > Agreed. I have just bought one of those Via Eden motherboards from
> > www.linitx.com in the UK £63 for Motherboard and processor with
> > 5.1sound/video/TVout/lan, even better it is passively cooled - NO
> > FANS Runs KDE3 just fine (although there is a trick to get 9.0
> > installed)
>
> I don't think you ever told us what the trick was? This sounds such
> a good bargain I would be interested to know how you fared.
>
> Anne
The trick is VIA. The VIA-Cyrix3 processors try'n pretend they're
i686 cpu's. They're not. They're not even i586 compliant, reverting to
some i486 characteristics. Their 800+ cpu's perform at 400mhz levels,
and it's not all due to their small L caches. IMO, anyone researching
the capabilities of these cpu's ....would avoid them. I have a similar
opinion of any mini-ITX Hardware. 486's didn't need fans either, and
ran like ...well 486's ;> Which is why there's "a trick to get 9.0
[i586] installed".
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/errata.php3#viac3 is a start, a
Google on 'VIA C3' or 'mini-ITX Hardware', a search of the cooker ML
archive, and reputable hardware sites, I believe will backup my
opinions. The old adage applies 'you get what you pay for'. In this
case I believe quality, currently capable hardware can be had for
similar (if not cheaper in the long run) prices. Just needs a fan
here'n there ;~>
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