From owner-freebsd-doc Sat Oct 25 12:00:37 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA16355 for doc-outgoing; Sat, 25 Oct 1997 12:00:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-doc) Received: from shore.shore.net (root@shore.shore.net [192.233.85.136]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA16336 for ; Sat, 25 Oct 1997 12:00:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nvp@shore.net) Received: from shell2.shore.net (nvp@shell2.shore.net [192.233.85.2]) by shore.shore.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA05670 for ; Sat, 25 Oct 1997 15:00:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nvp@localhost) by shell2.shore.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA25857; Sat, 25 Oct 1997 15:00:20 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 15:00:20 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199710251900.PAA25857@shell2.shore.net> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG X-URL: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/hw.html X-Mailer: Lynx, Version 2.7 X-Personal_name: Nathan V. Patwardhan From: nvp@ora.com Subject: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/hw.html Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk To add some hardware I like and recommend (some of this might already be on a list somewhere -- sorry): Princeton Graphics - 19" to 1600x1200 with a Diamond Stealth 3D 3000 at 16bpp (at least I think it's so) I'm using a Toshiba 12X CDROM per Jordan's mention (thanks Jordan, it's great!) IBM 4.3G wide SCSI HD - fast and extremely reliable Adaptec SCSI controller -- I haven't found anything better or supported by more OSs/vendors Iomega Jaz (SCSI Internal) -- seems to work well with the Adaptec and is pretty fast, although it's noticeably slower than my IBM HD To add some software: Xi Graphics CDE package - sure, it's not cheap, but the $300+ gets you CDE, Motif 1.x libraries and header files, *and* the accelerated X server (4.1). The configuration programs/interfaces are excellent. I had been very fond of the Infomagic Moo-Tiff package (Motif 2.0) until I used the Xi product -- it blew Moo-Tiff out of the water. On another front, I've had bad experiences with the following hardware: Diamond Supra "pNp" 56K modem (internal) -- tried two different units under 2.2.1-RELEASE and neither worked. Support was lacking. Zoom 33.6K modem (internal) -- very disappointed. Seems like this unit suffers from bugs similar to early USR externals (dropped carrier, freezing up the connection, unable to dial, unable to negotiate a connection). Support was irritating. What would you folks recommend for a good internal or external 33.6 or 56 K modem? -- Nathan V. Patwardhan, System Administrator O'Reilly and Associates nvp@ora.com