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From: dermot@dermot.demon.co.uk (Dermot McDonnell)
Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!uunet!pipex!warwick!qmw-dcs!qmw!demon!dermot.demon.co.uk!dermot
Subject: Re: Hardware Suggestions Wanted
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Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1993 12:39:13 +0000
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Um... I'm going to give this 386bsd stuff a shot. I'm going to flog off
my Compaq 386/20e & SCO V.3.2.2... :-)
However what hardware to use. Build my own box?
How about the following:
AMI - Enterprise III - ie DX2-66, EISA & VESA
AMI - FASTDISK SCSI EISA CACHING CONTROLLER - claims "Adaptec 154x
and Buslogic compatible"
A tower case & 200/300 Watt Power supply.
A DEC SCSI-2 Disk Drive
A VESA graphics card - some that will give good X11R5 performance -
Is S3 where it's at or Weitek 9000 or what? - Suggestions please!
An answer brought by the letters S & X & # 3 is welcome. ;-)
Does this sound *real*. I've seen various posts about problems with
the Adaptec SCSI controllers. Anybody know anything about the AMI kit?
Are EISA boards supported as a rule - Video, Network, SCSI, Multiport...
TIA
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