Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 18:26:45 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Watson <robert@cyrus.watson.org> To: Chris Coleman <chris@bbcc.ctc.edu> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Gateway Computers Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990222182214.15386C-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990222150939.10317C-100000@bbcc.ctc.edu>
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On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, Chris Coleman wrote: > I My gateway contact wants to send FreeBSD an Eval computer for > certification. What Gateway configuration would you be looking for? Chris, I'm looking at two machines, one server-class and one workstation-class. I have only spec'd out the workstation at this point, and have attached an approximate spec below. The server would most likely be a similar processor, more memory, strictly boring video support, and preferably RAID-capable SCSI interface. Given that FreeBSD seems to support DPT RAID controllers best at this point, I was looking at that; also, a transparent "pretend to be adaptec" controllar would also work fine. The server purchase might not be for several months; the workstation purchase in the next two months most likely. This spec is essentially the same as the one I emailed out and did not get a response on. Thanks for your help! Getting some form of vendor support/etc for the machine would be great. PII 400 or 450Mhz 128MB of memory 21" or greater monitor No need for 3d acceleration on the video card, but performance for video conferencing an large-scale window systems/frame buffers is important. Similarly, a sound card suitable for use in moderate quality video-conferencing. 10/100baset ethernet card SCSI disk subsystem with: At least 6gig hard disk (largely disk cache for a distributed file system such as AFS) CD-ROM drive (any speed) Ergonomic keyboard, mouse No modem No need for a backup device No Applications FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE operating system, with X-windows (XIG or XFree86) Robert N Watson robert@fledge.watson.org http://www.watson.org/~robert/ PGP key fingerprint: 03 01 DD 8E 15 67 48 73 25 6D 10 FC EC 68 C1 1C Carnegie Mellon University http://www.cmu.edu/ TIS Labs at Network Associates, Inc. http://www.tis.com/ SafePort Network Services http://www.safeport.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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