From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jun 4 21:55:32 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA27497 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 4 Jun 1996 21:55:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from seine.cs.UMD.EDU (seine.cs.umd.edu [128.8.128.59]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA27492 for ; Tue, 4 Jun 1996 21:55:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: by seine.cs.UMD.EDU (8.7.5/UMIACS-0.9/04-05-88) id AAA24622; Wed, 5 Jun 1996 00:55:29 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 00:55:29 -0400 (EDT) From: rohit@cs.UMD.EDU (Rohit Dube) Message-Id: <199606050455.AAA24622@seine.cs.UMD.EDU> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: H/W recommendation Cc: rohit@cs.UMD.EDU Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, I am trying to put together a FreeBSD system under $4000 and was wondering if some of you could help me out with h/w recommendations which work with stock FreeBSD. I need a PCI machine with a) Pentium 120 - 166 Mhz and parity memory (motherboard) b) SCSI-II controller c) 2GB SCSI disk d) 4 - 6X SCSI CD-ROM e) 32 MB RAM f) High quality video card 2 - 4 MB RAM g) 17 - 20 in. display h) 100BaseT ethernet card Would any of you know a base machine (of-the-shelf) which came with parity memory? Thanks much in advance. --rohit. (rohit@cs.umd.edu) PS: I would appreciate recommendations for a 4/8GB DAT Tape drive for ~$700 and a 600 dpi medium duty postscript laser printer for ~$1000.