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From: Bernard Klatt <admin@ftcnet.com>
To: "Johanan L. Codona" <codona@planet.net>
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Subject: Re: Starting an ISP!
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On Sat, 14 Oct 1995, Johanan L. Codona wrote:

> * What version of FreeBSD should we use?  (We are looking to go
>   "on-the-air" in about 4-6 weeks.)

I asked this a while back and got 1 reply back that indicated the
Walnut Creek CD-ROM distribution was the 'only' choice.  Are there
other versions available, if so, where, and what's the difference
between the current Walnut Creek dist CD-ROM and an alternate ver?

> * We are thinking about a fast Pentium with SCSI disks for storage.

Seagate Baracuda's seem to have had heat-related reliability 
problems.  Our Micropolis 1936 died after 5 months of use as
a news server drive.  We're running Quantum's now..

>   What are the best choices for:
> 	- multi-serial cards
Don't use 'em (except for the first 4 COM ports,
then get a Livingston PortMaster)

> 	- memory per user
> 	- networking cards
3Com and SMC seem to know how to make solid NIC's

> 	- other hardware?
APC's new Smart UPS products are a good choice

Bernard Klatt  Owner  Fairview Tech Ctr Ltd.  www.ftcnet.com