From: mahmha@crl.com (Mark A. Horton) Subject: Re: [Q] Comments on my configuration of PC please... Date: 23 Sep 1993 23:19:15 -0700
Rusty Carruth (rusty@anasazi.com) wrote:
: 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 ;-) ;-)
ARF! ARF! (gotme!) ;-)
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73, Mark
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