From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jul 17 17:26:44 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id RAA04309 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 17 Jul 1996 17:26:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from GndRsh.aac.dev.com (GndRsh.aac.dev.com [198.145.92.241]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA04302 for ; Wed, 17 Jul 1996 17:26:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from rgrimes@localhost) by GndRsh.aac.dev.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id RAA07661; Wed, 17 Jul 1996 17:26:30 -0700 From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <199607180026.RAA07661@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> Subject: Re: Comments wanted on new system To: frankd@yoda.fdt.net (Frank Seltzer) Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 17:26:30 -0700 (PDT) Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: from Frank Seltzer at "Jul 17, 96 06:51:39 pm" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL11 (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 > I am assembling a new system to run FreeBSD. The proposed hardware > currently consists of : > > Asus P6RP4 Pentium Pro 200 motherboard I would highly recommend _not_ getting this board, it uses the Orion chipset, which is older and known to have certain bugs. ASUS is now in production with the PCI/I-P6NP5 board based on the newer Natoma chipset, the boards are still on allocation, but I am not having much problem getting them. > 64 megs RAM > Asus SC200 SCSI controller > > I had originally wanted to get a 4.3 GB hard drive for this system but the > price (900-1000) is prohibitive. I am therefore considering 2-3 1.0-1.6 GB > drives at 250-300 each (all prices are USD). Does anyone have any > suggestions or recommendations to make about this idea? Any favorite > drives to recommend? You might want to consider the Micropolis MC4421, new on the market, but at an attractive price/performance point for 2G drives (street price should be less than $550.) Many of the high performance 1G class scsi drives are gone from the market, you might find some one with Fujitsu M1606SAU's... going price is in the $250-$275 range. > I am also looking for suggestions for a tape backup at a reasonable price. > > All comments and suggestions are welcome as I am not very familiar with > SCSI peripherals. > > Thanks, > Frank -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD