From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 16 17:05:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA24223 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 17:05:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp1 (smtp.snet.net [204.60.3.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA24207 for ; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 17:05:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from metcalf@snet.net) Received: from daisy.snet.net (mail.snet.net [204.60.7.83]) by smtp1 (8.8.8/8.8.8/SNET-bmx-1.1) with ESMTP id UAA28559 for ; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 20:05:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: from snet.net (nrwc-sh6-port157.snet.net [204.60.43.157]) by daisy.snet.net (8.8.8/8.8.8/SNET-pop-1.1) with ESMTP id UAA22405 for ; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 20:05:09 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <358707F4.2898CD5F@snet.net> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 20:04:04 -0400 From: "Jeffrey M. Metcalf" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Anyone using FreeBSD with Dell Dimension Hardware? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, I'm considering the purchase of a Dell Dimension R333 or R350. My company has Dell as a vendor, and I can get a serious discount. Hopefully somebody out there can verify that FreeBSD is happy with the hardware used in these machines. I have posted to the XFree86 newsgroup asking whether or not the STB NVidia AGP video card is supported, but any comments from FreeBSD fellows on this issue is more than welcome. One option I'm considering is a 2x DVD IDE CDROM. Have these drives been successfully used with FreeBSD (only mounting CDFS of course)? If so, how do they perform with data transfers? Comparable to IDE 32x drives? The PC also comes default with Turtle Beach Montego 64 sound cards. Any word on them with FreeBSD? Finally, the modem included is called a "WinModem 33.6/56K modem". I have my doubts and might upgrade that to a US Robotics x2 unless anybody out there can verify good performance with this WinModem stuff. Any replies are greatly appreciated. It's currently Tuesday, 6/16/98, and I am looking to perhaps make a commitment by the end of the week. Regards, JM -- Jeffrey M. Metcalf metcalf@snet.net http://pages.cthome.net/metcalf/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message