Date: Wed, 27 Sep 1995 21:20:53 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: davidc@pdd.3com.com (David Clear) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PC configuration advice wanted. Message-ID: <199509271150.VAA19879@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <12620.9509271029@isolan.pdd.3com.com> from "David Clear" at Sep 27, 95 11:29:34 am
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David Clear stands accused of saying: > I'm very close to buying what Gateway here in the UK call a > a "P5-90 Premium Multimedia". This has: > > P90 Processor > 16MB EDO RAM > 1Gb EIDE disk DO NOT BUY IDE DISK! Especially with the rest of this config; IDE disk (and so little of it) would be a Really Bad Idea. > Quad speed CDROM > 17" Vivitron monitor > 2Mb Graphics card (ATI Mach 64 (?????)) > "No! Don't do it Dave." > The last point is on graphics. I'd like 1280x1024. Will I get it from > this setup? If not, what do I need? Check the monitor's specs to be sure - it needs to do at least 64KHz horizontal to take 1280x1024 at an acceptble refresh rate. > Advice is appreciated. Built quite a few systems very similar - go for an NCR '810 based SCSI controller and a 2-4G SCSI disk (Seagate Hawk or Micropolis 4- or 3- series). You'll spend a little more on disk, but the investment is definitely worth it. > Dave. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" -Terry Lambert UNIX: live FreeBSD or die! [[
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