From: rusty@anasazi.com (Rusty Carruth) Subject: Re: [Q] Comments on my configuration of PC please... Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1993 20:44:13 GMT
In article <27n1fq$hf4@crl.crl.com> mahmha@crl.com (Mark A. Horton) writes:
>Taek-Soo Kim (tkim@zonker.ecs.umass.edu) wrote:
>: After some survey and recommendation, I decided to purchase
>: the following PC. Any comments would be very helpful.
>
>: 486-DX2 66 (Comtrade)
>: EISA
>: 16MB RAM
>: Adaptec 1742 scsi-2 controller
>: 545MB HD
>: Orchid Fahrenheit 1280+ or VA (32bit VLB) with 1MB.
>: 17" Monitor (MAG or CTX).
>
> WOW! what a box! How many users are you going to support?
I've got a very similar machine, except for the controller is ide
and the motherboard is EISA/VESA/ISA (oh, and a different VGA board).
Actually, I assume that the above system is ALSO VESA since the
quoted SVGA board is "(32bit VLB)" :-)
Anyway, I'm the only user, and its WONDERFUL ;-)
>: As you can see, I have not fixed the monitor and the video card.
Don't let anybody talk you down from your 17" monitor, that's what
I've got and its GREAT.
>: Any suggestion is welcome.
>
> Get a bigger SCSI disk -- prices being what they are, you can
> pick up a Toshiba 1.2GB 9ms. SCSI-2 drive for around $900. (us)
> it's worth spending a little more from the price of the 545 MB
> drive to get more storage. And it looks like you're sparing no
> expense in setting up a killer system!
I'd agree completely. My only "real" sorrow with my system is that I did
not get a bigger drive - mine is ALREADy completely full...
>: I plan to attach scsi tape drive in the future, any recommendation
>: on this would also be appreciated.
>
> ... I am STILL trying to figure
> out where they put all that data on those tiny little tapes!
They use maxwell's daemon ;-) ;-)
Rusty
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