Date: Tue, 04 Jun 1996 23:00:03 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@HeadCandy.com> To: rohit@cs.umd.edu (Rohit Dube) Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: H/W recommendation Message-ID: <199606050600.XAA25496@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of Wed, 05 Jun 96 00:55:29 -0400. <199606050455.AAA24622@seine.cs.UMD.EDU>
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>I need a PCI machine with >a) Pentium 120 - 166 Mhz and parity memory (motherboard) Get a 133 or a 166 (your memory bus will run ~66MHz, and PCI ~33MHz). Don't buy a 120 or 150, because your memory bus will only run 60MHz, and your PCI 30MHz. ASUS is the most recommended motherboard manufacturer, and my ASUS board works great. There are others. Stay away from no-name foreign specials. I've been told to avoid Intel-brand boards, as well. >b) SCSI-II controller NCR 53c8xx, Adaptec 29xx, BusLogic BT9[45][68] are all very good controllers that work with *BSD. ASUS has a very inexpensive NCR (Symbios) 53c810-based board that you can buy with their motherboards. >c) 2GB SCSI disk Take your pick. I'd be wary of Seagate. >d) 4 - 6X SCSI CD-ROM Ditto. Just make sure it's SCSI. >e) 32 MB RAM You may not be able to find EDO RAM with parity right away (or at least it might be very difficult). The Triton (1) didn't support parity, and was the only motherboard chipset that supported EDO, so all EDO memory prior to Triton 2 was non-parity. Still, it would be worth pursuing... >f) High quality video card 2 - 4 MB RAM Take your pick. Just get something that is supposed to work with XFree86. You need to consult them for the recommended list: http://www.xfree86.org >g) 17 - 20 in. display I like my Mag MXP17F (one of their higher-end monitors), but there are lots of decent ones these days. Can't go wrong with Sony, though you may pay more... NECs are good workhorses, but their specs are middle of the line... >h) 100BaseT ethernet card Anything based on the DEC 21140(?) chip. I've heard the SMC EtherPower cards are good... >Would any of you know a base machine (of-the-shelf) which came with parity >memory? I don't buy machines "off the shelf". I buy parts. :-) "Computer Shopper" magazine is your friend... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... Roll your own Internet access -- Seattle People's Internet cooperative. If you're in the Seattle area, ask me how. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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