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From: othman@oasys.pc.my (Othman Ahmad)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.windows.x.i386unix
Subject: Re: If you were to assemble a new machine...
Message-ID: <J6y7Fc1w165w@oasys.pc.my>
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 94 11:30:30 +800
References: <crt.758474839@tiamat.umd.umich.edu>
Organization: Telekom Malaysia, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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crt@tiamat.umd.umich.edu (Rob Shady) writes:
> > 5) What are the common pitfalls / what should I steer away
> > from (aside from Diamond video cards and Mitsu...
> > CD-Roms)?
>
> Diamond has excellent video cards, it is just their support that sucks.
> You CAN get most Diamond cards to work with NetBSD/XFree86, it just takes
> a little tinkering. Mitsumi CD-Roms were good drives for the buck, but
> stick with a SCSI CD-Rom drive, not something proprietary.
Are you willing to pay almost double for no improvement in performance?
Mitusumi IDE is supported by Linux and sooner or later by FreeBSD.
>
> > 6) SCSI or IDE drives? Why? Whats the difference performance /
> > comatability wise?
>
> SCSI IDE Drives. You can have up to 7 per card instead of 2/card. They
> tend to be faster. They are... Just get them. ;)
>
Dont forget to buy supported SCSI adapters!
You don't have compatibility and upgrade problems with IDE, the controller
is on the hard disk. Unless you need more than 2 hard disks, which I have come
across but my casing only support 2 easiliy.
SABAH is HEAVEN. Beautiful islands, mountains and jungles are next to 5 star
hotels. There are no natural and very few man-made disasters,
BUT for how long will it last?
Disclaimer: I only speak for myself