Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 23:58:12 -0700 From: Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com> To: "John T. Farmer" <jfarmer@sabre.goldsword.com>, hasty@rah.star-gate.com Cc: conrads@neosoft.com, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, jfarmer@goldsword.com Subject: Re: Advice on audio strategy needed Message-ID: <3.0.2.32.19970626235812.007c1100@mail.sns.com> In-Reply-To: <199706270327.XAA27235@sabre.goldsword.com>
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At 11:27 PM 6/26/97 -0400, John T. Farmer wrote: >Sigh. Now I have the other problem. Client has 20 workstations to >be upgraded from Win 3.1 & 386/486 to P-class & Win95. Now I have to >find out which mainboards are solid under Win95 & don't cost an arm & >a leg... Their mailserver/router will be a FreeBSD box, I know what to >use there! :^> > >John > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >John T. Farmer Proprietor, GoldSword Systems >jfarmer@goldsword.com Public Internet Access in East Tennessee >dial-in (423)470-9953 for info, e-mail to info@goldsword.com > Network Design, Internet Services & Servers, Consulting I work in a computer store (laitron.home.ml.org or www.laitrons.com) and have found Asus motherboards (www.asus.com) to be very reliable (i'm a technician, not a salesman, btw). The Asus VX97 can be had for $95 (San Francisco Bay Area prices; i don't know about Tennessee). If the VX board isn't good (or fast) enough, the basic TX97 board is $155. There are also models of the TX which have a SoundBlaster 16, more DIMM sockets, ATX form factor, or ATI Rage II video). There's also the classic $135 XP55 T2P4 board (HX chipset) which isn't the latest, but is still a good value. Of the boards we sell (Microstar, SuperMicro, Asus, an Iwill or two, Intel, FIC), Asus boards give us the least trouble. Sadly, the TX97 is so new that you need to install all of the motherboard drivers from the CDROM in order to get Win95's plug-and-pray working properly. --Ludwig Pummer ------------------------------------------------------------------ ludwigp@bigfoot.com ICQ UIN: 692441 http://chipweb.home.ml.org PGP Key & Geek Code available on web page ^-- Updated 04/18/97 "If God had intended Man to Smoke, He would have set him on Fire."
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