> 2) If you somehow get PCI IDE onto the box, it won't do you a whole lot of
>    good, because the machine's CPU is a truly stupid design -- a 133MHz
>    486 core connected internally to a 133MHz, 64-bit-wide SDRAM controller
>    by a 32-bit-wide, 33MHz pipe!  AMD's documentation is somewhat unclear

are you sure SDRAM controller is 64-bit?

it's said 32-bit in AMD docs. and sayd 100MB/s memory bus peak (4*32=133
so it's possible).


could you please do

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null bs=4m count=1024 (will take some time)
and post output ?

thanks!