From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Dec 17 14:39:46 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id OAA24524 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 17 Dec 1996 14:39:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from bah2.themall.net (bah.themall.net [204.80.99.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id OAA24519 for ; Tue, 17 Dec 1996 14:39:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from 5x86.com (ptp123_4.themall.net [204.80.123.4]) by bah2.themall.net (8.8.2/8.8.2/IIAM 1.0 (DCH)) with SMTP id OAA29908 for ; Tue, 17 Dec 1996 14:35:29 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199612172235.OAA29908@bah2.themall.net> Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Jesse" Organization: Brown Computing To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 14:31:36 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Comments on this hardware? X-Confirm-Reading-To: "Jesse" X-pmrqc: 1 Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v2.42a) Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hello Everyone, I am putting together a internet server for my personal use, and was wondering if anyone had any comments on the hardware (incompatibilitys etc). I will be using FreeBSD 2.1.6 or later. Generic Case (250W - 10 Bay) - $89 AHA-2940 Adaptec UltraWide - $ 225 (32bit PCI) Seagate ST32155W (Hawk 2XL) - $ 575 (2.1g 2ms UltraWide) Seagate ST32155W (Hawk 2XL) - $ 575 (2.1g 2ms UltraWide) NMB Keyboard - $ 52 3 button Logitech - $ 25 Generic Non-parity EDO (16mb)- $ 63.50 GigaByte 6x86-150 (Cyrix) - $ 280 (With Chip & 512k cache) Magnavox mono 14" -$ 116 (640x480) Generic Video (cirrus logic) -$ 30 Allied Telesis Hub (4 port) -$ 70 3C 509B-TPO Etherlink III -$ 129.95 (10BT PCI) 3C 509B-TPO Etherlink III -$ 129.95 (10BT PCI) HP Colorado t4000s 8.0g INT -$ 295 (SCSI2) What do you think? any substitutions or things i missed? BTW, I will be hooking to the internet with frame relay (only 128k for now) and all the hardware is included with the setup costs. -Jesse The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. ================================================ Brown computer repair and training. Phone (805) 942-1391 E-mail brown.computing@pobox.com ================================================