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Date:      Mon, 3 Aug 1998 10:04:40 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
To:        kevin_eliuk@sunshine.net
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Anyone have an opinion on PandaProject
Message-ID:  <199808031604.KAA27792@obie.softweyr.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980801221225.342B-100000@vanessa.eliuk.org> from "Kevin G. Eliuk" at "Aug 1, 98 11:26:17 pm"

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Kevin asked:

>       Probably wouldn't be looking at a server model but the ST-300
> 
> http://www.rockcity.net/order/computers.asp?Action=Specs&computer_type=ST-300
> 
>       looks very impressive for $1295US.

It looks impressive for $600US.  I took a minute to run up a system
similar in specs at my local wholesaler:

             Component              Price
    3.2 Gb Ultra-IDE HD Fujitsu       115.00
        TEAC 1.44 Mb floppy            18.00
        TEAC 32x IDE CD-ROM            54.00
        S3 Virge/DX 4Mb SVGA           27.00
          Yamaha 3D sound              12.00
          K6-2 300Mhz CPU             156.00
      Soyo SY5-EHM motherboard         91.00 
             K6 CPU fan                 6.00
      64Mb SDRAM DIMM, 100 Mhz         78.00  
       Juster speakers AT-95           15.00
    Juster gooseneck microphone         2.00
      Mitsumi 104-key keyboard          9.00
      Logitech 3-button mouse           8.00
       TTGI mini-tower w/230W          23.00
                                  ==========
               Total                  614.00

Granted, this is in a boring little 'hydraulic door' case, but
should perform similarly, with the exception that this one uses a
motherboard with 100 Mhz bus to system ram, and has 64 Mb of RAM
because that's all my shop stocks for 100 Mhz capabile SDRAM.

I like your idea of getting a local shop to fabricate a cool-
looking case.  I once worked on a computer design we were going to
put in a plastic potato, because they were cheap, cute, and we
could get lots of them.  (It was called the SPUDstation, for various
reasons. ;^)


-- 
       "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

Wes Peters                                                 Softweyr LLC
http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr                      wes@softweyr.com

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