Re: Centris 650: buildd candidate?

2008-04-15 Thread Brad Boyer
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 08:58:49AM -0500, Joel Ewy wrote: > The Quadra 650 is 33MHz and the Centris is 25. My Centris apparently > has a full 68040, if the System Profiler in MacOS can be believed. I > haven't actually pulled the heat sink off to see what's stamped on the > chip though. In any c

Re: Centris 650: buildd candidate?

2008-04-15 Thread Stephen R Marenka
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 10:10:05AM -0500, Joel Ewy wrote: > Stephen R Marenka wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 04:12:11PM -0500, Joel Ewy wrote: > > > > > >> Or would it be better for me to help test the installer? I'd really > >> > > > > What would also really be great is to integrate e

Re: Centris 650: buildd candidate?

2008-04-15 Thread Joel Ewy
Stephen R Marenka wrote: > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 04:12:11PM -0500, Joel Ewy wrote: > > >> Or would it be better for me to help test the installer? I'd really >> > > What would also really be great is to integrate emile into d-i. I don't > think you have to be any kind of major hacker to

Re: Centris 650: buildd candidate?

2008-04-15 Thread Stephen R Marenka
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 04:12:11PM -0500, Joel Ewy wrote: > Or would it be better for me to help test the installer? I'd really What would also really be great is to integrate emile into d-i. I don't think you have to be any kind of major hacker to do that. Probably not more than some minor scri

Re: Centris 650: buildd candidate?

2008-04-15 Thread Joel Ewy
Finn Thain wrote: > On Mon, 14 Apr 2008, Brad Boyer wrote: > > ... > I think the Centris 650 is a bit slower than the Quadra 650 due to system > bus speed? The LC040 chip in the Centris may present a problem too. It > should be possible to get parts though. There was a computer recycler who >

Re: Centris 650: buildd candidate?

2008-04-15 Thread Stephen R Marenka
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 05:55:25PM +1000, Finn Thain wrote: > I think the Centris 650 is a bit slower than the Quadra 650 due to system > bus speed? The LC040 chip in the Centris may present a problem too. It > should be possible to get parts though. There was a computer recycler who Some Cent

Re: Centris 650: buildd candidate?

2008-04-15 Thread Finn Thain
On Mon, 14 Apr 2008, Brad Boyer wrote: > > The extra RAM is good for builds. However, the SCSI performance on these > systems hasn't always been particularly good. I think Finn got the PDMA > working which should improve the disk throughput. It helps a lot. e2fsck is four times faster. I've