Fastest AT formfactor MB ever made?

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I've got a old but really good full tower AT case & 300w PS and I'd like
to use it for a file/print server and router/firewall, but it's only got a
P100 w/64mb RAM in it. Theoretically I could slap Smoothwall on it or
something, but I'd really like it faster if possible. So, I was thinking
I could look for the fastest AT MB made before the devolution to crappy
ATX on Ebay, probably for a pittance :) Anybody know?
 
I've got a old but really good full tower AT case & 300w PS and I'd like
to use it for a file/print server and router/firewall, but it's only got a
P100 w/64mb RAM in it. Theoretically I could slap Smoothwall on it or
something, but I'd really like it faster if possible. So, I was thinking
I could look for the fastest AT MB made before the devolution to crappy
ATX on Ebay, probably for a pittance :) Anybody know?
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I'd guess around 500MHz, but that's just a guess based on searching EBAY for
"AT motherboard" -ATX

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4615&item=6737733201&rd=1

(note: the above is not my auction, and I don't know the seller)

Keep in mind though that you will need RAM for it. -Dave
 
I've got a old but really good full tower AT case & 300w PS and I'd like
to use it for a file/print server and router/firewall, but it's only got a
P100 w/64mb RAM in it. Theoretically I could slap Smoothwall on it or
something, but I'd really like it faster if possible. So, I was thinking
I could look for the fastest AT MB made before the devolution to crappy
ATX on Ebay, probably for a pittance :) Anybody know?
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I'm thinking either a FIC VA-503+ or an Asus P5A-B and the fastest AMD K6-2
or K6-III processor you can find for it (probably 450 or 500 MHz, although I
understand that some K6-2 550s were made for OEMs, but are fairly hard to
find compared to the others).
 
I'd like to use it for a file/print server and router/firewall, but
it's only got a P100 w/64mb RAM in it.
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Overkill for a router/firewall... how much juice does a print server
require? Probably not much.
 
Hackworth said:
I'm thinking either a FIC VA-503+ or an Asus P5A-B and the fastest AMD K6-2
or K6-III processor you can find for it (probably 450 or 500 MHz, although I
understand that some K6-2 550s were made for OEMs, but are fairly hard to
find compared to the others).
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The only thing I would add is that if you can find a VA-503A, it is
even better than the VA-503+.
 
see.my.sig.4.ad said:
So, I was thinking
I could look for the fastest AT MB made before the devolution to crappy
ATX on Ebay, probably for a pittance :)
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Look for a Gigabyte GA-6BA. It'll take up to a PIII 1GHz Coppermine,
IIRC. You'll need a slotket as well. I don't think it works with the
PIII Tualatins.

I used one with a Celeron 600 overclocked to 900 for a couple of years.
 
I've got a old but really good full tower AT case & 300w
PS and I'd like to use it for a file/print server and
router/firewall, but it's only got a P100 w/64mb RAM in it.
So, I was thinking I could look for the fastest AT MB made
before the devolution to crappy ATX on Ebay, probably for
a pittance :) Anybody know?
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Didn't Soyo, MSI, or Jetway make an AT mobo for P4s, at least 423-pin
P4s, PC133 memory only (no DDR)?

But it's hard to beat the weekly Fry's ATX mobo/CPU special on price
(cheapest this week is 1.6 GHz Duron w/ ECS mobo for $40), and they've
been featuring an Antec case about every month, currently a Sonata w/
380W TruePower for $60.
 
I've got a old but really good full tower AT case & 300w PS and I'd like
to use it for a file/print server and router/firewall, but it's only got a
P100 w/64mb RAM in it. Theoretically I could slap Smoothwall on it or
something, but I'd really like it faster if possible. So, I was thinking
I could look for the fastest AT MB made before the devolution to crappy
ATX on Ebay, probably for a pittance :) Anybody know?
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Well, if you can find one, the Asus P2B-B is the Baby AT version of their
famous P2B 440BX Slot-1 motherboard line and, if it's version 1.02, or
above, you can put up to a 1.4 gig Celeron Tualatin in it using a Slot-T
adapter. (need to flash it to the beta 1014 BIOS)

I'm running a 1.1 gig tualatin overclocked to 1.36 gig in my P2B-VM (mATX
with on-board video).

I've seen 'Baby AT' form factor P4 motherboards but they were 'industrial'
units using an ATX power supply, which one can put into the same hole as
the AT unit. But they're expensive and not easy to find. The main thing
making them 'baby at' is the AT rear I/O instead of the ATX I/O panel.
 
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