From owner-freebsd-current Tue Nov 12 00:46:09 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id AAA02972 for current-outgoing; Tue, 12 Nov 1996 00:46:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from quagmire.ki.net (root@quagmire.ki.net [205.150.102.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA02965; Tue, 12 Nov 1996 00:46:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (scrappy@localhost) by quagmire.ki.net (8.8.2/8.7.5) with SMTP id DAA10792; Tue, 12 Nov 1996 03:46:11 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 03:46:11 -0500 (EST) From: "Marc G. Fournier" To: Steve Passe cc: smp@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GigaByte GA-586DX-512 Motherboard In-Reply-To: <199611120821.BAA26733@clem.systemsix.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 12 Nov 1996, Steve Passe wrote: > > 64Meg of RAM (EDO?) > >I recommend 64meg of parity. Don't really have direct knowledge of EDO vs not. > Hrmmm...I had thought that EDO RAM was better because it had 'on chip' cache or something like that ... > > How about Hard Drive? atipa doesn't list Seagates, that I can find, > >and recent experiencees with Quantum are steering me clear of them. > >atipa carries a rather limited selection in general, just how they do business. > I would suggest getting the drive from someplace that carries what you want. > Does anyone have any recommendations on drives? Or, any drives in particular I should stick away from? I heard that SeaGate went downhill for awhile there...anyone have a current opinion of them? Marc G. Fournier scrappy@ki.net Systems Administrator @ ki.net scrappy@freebsd.org