Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 15:00:20 -0400 (EDT) From: nvp@ora.com To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/hw.html Message-ID: <199710251900.PAA25857@shell2.shore.net>
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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
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