[KLUG Members] Dual Pentium Pros

[Adam Williams]

>Okay: Does anyone here have dual pentium pro linux boxes?  

Yes.

>I'm attempting
>to locate a motherboard, and I want to know how they perform. If they
>don't perform that well, I'll save my money.  

It depends on the chip.  The larger cache ones 512k or the even better 1Mb 
can still hold their own.  And they SMP very well.  For 256k chips I think 
it is better to scratch and upgrade. 

>I've got a single ppro right
>now, and it's good, but I want to know if it's worth the money to get a
>board holding two (I have two CPUs).  

It really depends on what you do.  I swear by SMP,  even if one doesn't 
run multiple concurrent tasks it really helps the machine remain 
responsive while one large task busys out a CPU.  But you'll only notice 
if you frequently run tasks that hit the machine hard for a sustained 
amount of time.

>I'm bidding on ebay right now, which
>is a losing battle (lost one last night with a minute left, konqueror
>crashed).  I just want to know if it's as cool as I think it might be.

The coolness factor of SMP is quite high.  Chics really dig it: "Oh my!  
Your box has FOUR processors, purrrr........" :)

>Otherwise, anyone who wants to rid themselves of a dual ppro board, woo.
>P.S.  Should I guy a special power supply for it?  Right now it's probably
>got a 250 in it.

It depends on what else you connect.  I put my drives in an extenal 
cabinet what has it's own PS.