Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 21:39:57 +0100 From: Didier Derny <didier@aida.org> To: Stefan Esser <se@zpr.uni-koeln.de> Cc: <didier@omnix.fr.org>, <hackers@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: I would like your comment on this configuration Message-ID: <XFMail.960109213957.didier@aida> In-Reply-To: <199601091616.AA10078@Sysiphos>
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On %d Stefan Esser wrote: >>On Jan 9, 17:20, didier@omnix.fr.org wrote: >} Subject: I would like your comment on this configuration >} >} Mother Board: ASUS P/I-P55TP4XE Rev 2.1 bios #401A0-0106 (Award) >} Processor: Pentium 133 >} Cache: 512k PB >} Memory: 128Mb 60ns (DRAM) >} SCSI: Adaptec 2940W >} Hard disks: 2 x Seagate Barracuda Fast Wide SCSI 2 Go >} Video: Miro 20SV (S3-964, 2Mb VRAM) >} DAT: Conner 4326 4/8 Gb > >I'd definitely choose the HP1533A ! > >It is some three times faster than the Conner, >i.e. does 514KB/s (times compression factor). > >Doing backups, I see some 800KB/s to 1100KB/s >written to tape (depending on whether the data >had been compressible or mostly compressed >archives). > >Regarding DDS-2: I've heard multiple times, >that DDS-2 tapes are not reliable. And since >somebody had recorded nuclear physics data >on DDS-2 tapes and had found no way to read >back more than a few MB, I tried myself and >now would never again trust 120m DDS-2 tapes. > >Backups to /dev/null are nearly as good, and >much cheaper (media cost) and faster :-) I've never used the Conner 4326 before. the dealer only told me that it was the old Archive Python (bought by conner) I'll asked the price for the HP. > >} Ethernet: 2 x SMC PCI Ethernet 100 >} >} Is this configuration ok for FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE ? It's effectively for FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE > >Guess it is Ok. Does the Miro come with a >fast RAMDAC (175MHz or 200MHz) and a 24bit >CLUT ? > >My 20SD seems to have only a 135 RAMDAC (didn't >check the chip, but there is a large difference >between my 1280x1024 X terminal and the 20SD >driving the same 19" monitor: The X terminal >offers much sharper vertical lines and an >overall better picture quality). > it's a 135 ramdac. but the machine will be used as a minitel server X11 will only be used in 1024x768 mode about 1 hours a day! >It offers only a 6 bits RGB CLUT, i.e. there >is no difference at all between #808080 and >#838383 ... > >This is of course only important, if those >systems are meant to be used as workstations. > > >Regards, STefan > >-- > Stefan Esser, Zentrum fuer Paralleles Rechnen Tel: +49 221 4706021 > Universitaet zu Koeln, Weyertal 80, 50931 Koeln FAX: +49 221 4705160 > ============================================================================== > http://www.zpr.uni-koeln.de/~se <se@ZPR.Uni-Koeln.DE> -- 01/09/96 21:35:01 Didier Derny | My computer is Microsoft Free... didier@aida.org | Private FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE site.
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