From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 1 22:54:35 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id WAA26232 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 22:54:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA26222 for ; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 22:54:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id RAA27219; Fri, 2 Feb 1996 17:37:50 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199602020707.RAA27219@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Configuration review To: mathison@sara.cpb.org (Neil T. Mathison) Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 17:37:49 +1030 (CST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Neil T. Mathison" at Feb 1, 96 04:17:58 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Neil T. Mathison stands accused of saying: > > I am attempting to put together a system to function as a workstation, > primarily for application development running FreeBSD. What follows is Good choice of platform 8) > Hard Drive > 1.08 GIG Conner SCSI-II (CFP1080S) $329 I'd be inclined not to use this disk. Look and see what you can get from Quantum or Seagate (eg. the ST31230N), or even a Micropolis 4110 (if you can still get one). This is more personal bias than anything though; you've done your homework well. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "wherever you go, there you are" - Buckaroo Banzai [[