I think your co-worker is smoking Windows.  the PII-266 is much faster
than the P233.  And a good board for the PII is the ASUS P2L97-DS with on
board UW-SCSI, and it's dual.  For now you can run one CPU but (very soon,
right NetBSD guys?) you can do dual.  So, tell your co-worker there, yes
the PII-266 is much slower, and tell him I have a bunch of P233 that are
much faster and I'll trade with him!


On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, Steve Paul wrote:

> Hello Group:
> 
> I have a fairly easy question concerning performance.
> 
> I am currently running NetBSD "current" on a P233 system.
> 
> In an attempt to increase performance, I'm planning on
> upgrading this machine to a PII-266.  
> 
> A particular 'guru' at my place of work has stated that
> a PII system running NetBSD will run *slower* (if it 
> runs at all) than the existing P233.  Is there any 
> truth to this?  Has anyone out there tried NetBSD 
> on PII system and does it work for you?
> 
> Any insights will be GREATLY appreciated.
> 
> TIA,
> Steve Paul
> McCue Systems, Inc.
> 
> 


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