On Sun, 29 Sep 1996 12:16:27 -0800, Timothy C. May wrote:
Symmetric multiprocessing is available, but it's often much less hassle to have a single CPU running at 200 MHz than to try games with multiple processors (which means more PCB real estate, more sockets, more of other things).
As far as SMP goes, it's actually not all that expensive. People in the linux-smp list have reported differences of as little as $50 for a uniprocessor vs. dual pentium system. Of course, every so often we'll get a message about a $30,000 system that can handle up to <drool>64 Pentium Pros</drool>! # Chris Adams <adamsc@io-online.com> | http://www.io-online.com/adamsc/adamsc.htp # <cadams@acucobol.com> | send mail with subject "send PGPKEY" "That's our advantage at Microsoft; we set the standards and we can change them." --- Karen Hargrove, Microsoft (quoted in the Feb 1993 Unix Review editorial)