Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 17:16:13 +0100 From: se@zpr.uni-koeln.de (Stefan Esser) To: didier@omnix.fr.org Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I would like your comment on this configuration Message-ID: <199601091616.AA10078@Sysiphos> In-Reply-To: didier@omnix.fr.org "I would like your comment on this configuration" (Jan 9, 17:20)
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On Jan 9, 17:20, didier@omnix.fr.org wrote: } Subject: I would like your comment on this configuration } } Mother Board: ASUS P/I-P55TP4XE Rev 2.1 bios #401A0-0106 (Award) } Processor: Pentium 133 } Cache: 512k PB } Memory: 128Mb 60ns (DRAM) } SCSI: Adaptec 2940W } Hard disks: 2 x Seagate Barracuda Fast Wide SCSI 2 Go } Video: Miro 20SV (S3-964, 2Mb VRAM) } DAT: Conner 4326 4/8 Gb I'd definitely choose the HP1533A ! It is some three times faster than the Conner, i.e. does 514KB/s (times compression factor). Doing backups, I see some 800KB/s to 1100KB/s written to tape (depending on whether the data had been compressible or mostly compressed archives). Regarding DDS-2: I've heard multiple times, that DDS-2 tapes are not reliable. And since somebody had recorded nuclear physics data on DDS-2 tapes and had found no way to read back more than a few MB, I tried myself and now would never again trust 120m DDS-2 tapes. Backups to /dev/null are nearly as good, and much cheaper (media cost) and faster :-) } Ethernet: 2 x SMC PCI Ethernet 100 } } Is this configuration ok for FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE ? Guess it is Ok. Does the Miro come with a fast RAMDAC (175MHz or 200MHz) and a 24bit CLUT ? My 20SD seems to have only a 135 RAMDAC (didn't check the chip, but there is a large difference between my 1280x1024 X terminal and the 20SD driving the same 19" monitor: The X terminal offers much sharper vertical lines and an overall better picture quality). It offers only a 6 bits RGB CLUT, i.e. there is no difference at all between #808080 and #838383 ... This is of course only important, if those systems are meant to be used as workstations. Regards, STefan -- Stefan Esser, Zentrum fuer Paralleles Rechnen Tel: +49 221 4706021 Universitaet zu Koeln, Weyertal 80, 50931 Koeln FAX: +49 221 4705160 ============================================================================== http://www.zpr.uni-koeln.de/~se <se@ZPR.Uni-Koeln.DE>
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