From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 27 04:49:35 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id EAA28650 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 27 Sep 1995 04:49:35 -0700 Received: from iworks.InterWorks.org (iworks.interworks.org [128.255.18.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with SMTP id EAA28645 for ; Wed, 27 Sep 1995 04:49:32 -0700 Received: by iworks.InterWorks.org (1.37.109.8/16.2) id AA11035; Wed, 27 Sep 1995 06:42:01 -0500 Message-Id: <9509271142.AA11035@iworks.InterWorks.org> Date: Wed, 27 Sep 1995 06:42:01 -0500 From: "Daniel M. Eischen" To: davidc@pdd.3com.com, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PC configuration advice wanted. Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Michael Smith wrote: >> 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. May I suggest an Adaptec 2940 which is (last I knew) offered as an option from Gateway? >> 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! [[ Dan Eischen deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org