From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Aug 3 09:05:10 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA14581 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 3 Aug 1998 09:05:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from obie.softweyr.com ([204.68.178.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA14555 for ; Mon, 3 Aug 1998 09:05:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wes@obie.softweyr.com) Received: (from wes@localhost) by obie.softweyr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA27792; Mon, 3 Aug 1998 10:04:40 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wes) From: Wes Peters Message-Id: <199808031604.KAA27792@obie.softweyr.com> Subject: Re: Anyone have an opinion on PandaProject In-Reply-To: from "Kevin G. Eliuk" at "Aug 1, 98 11:26:17 pm" To: kevin_eliuk@sunshine.net Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 10:04:40 -0600 (MDT) Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message