From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Dec 4 16:55:32 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.3/8.7.3) id QAA26375 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 4 Dec 1996 16:55:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA26368 for ; Wed, 4 Dec 1996 16:55:30 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id LAA18609; Thu, 5 Dec 1996 11:25:16 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199612050055.LAA18609@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Advise on Hardware configuration In-Reply-To: <199612041844.TAA22203@fun.inria.fr> from Andres Vega Garcia at "Dec 4, 96 07:44:12 pm" To: Andres.Vega_Garcia@sophia.inria.fr (Andres Vega Garcia) Date: Thu, 5 Dec 1996 11:25:15 +1030 (CST) Cc: hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Andres Vega Garcia stands accused of saying: > the choice, but my interest is in FreeBSD, do you have any comments > on the hardware listed below? Always 8) > - -Ethernet : ProSum Proexpert-PCI 10Base-T (with option to change to > 10-100 B-T) You'll need to find out what sort of card this really is; with any luck it's based on a Digital DC21x4x chip, in which case it'll be a winner. If they say it's "NE2000" compatible, throw it away. > - -Sound card : Sound Blaster 16 PNP. Ick. PnP may be trouble, but I can't be too sure about that. > - -CDROM : Pionner DRA-10X ATAPI . Why an ATAPI CDrom in a SCSI system? Get a SCSI CDrom if at all possible, even if you end up with an 8x instead of a 10x, the performance improvement provided by the SCSI interface is worth it. > -Andres -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[