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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!news.iastate.edu!ponderous.cc.iastate.edu!michaelv From: michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.apps Subject: Re: How would you like it? Date: 15 Jun 94 16:05:02 GMT Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Lines: 25 Message-ID: <michaelv.771696302@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu> References: <771611116.AA06831@f74.n700.z6.ftn.air.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: ponderous.cc.iastate.edu In <771611116.AA06831@f74.n700.z6.ftn.air.org> Clarence.Chu@f132.n700.z6.ftn.air.org (Clarence Chu) writes: >Ever thought about an ideal configuration of system for developement >and enjoyment in 386bsd environment? > >Here is my list: > 2 x 486DX2/Pentium local bus board with 32MB RAM each > SCSI disk packs of about 3~5 GB You forgot: now, EISA bus with: BusLogic 747s or 757s EISA SCSI controller 3com 3c579 EISA bus ethernet board or later, when 3com comes out with a PCI controller, and PCI autoconfigure becomes less schizo and more functional: BusLogic 946c PCI SCSI controller 3com 3c5?9 PCI bus ethernet board -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Michael L. VanLoon Iowa State University Computation Center michaelv@iastate.edu Project Vincent Systems Staff Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free Un*x for PC/Mac/Amiga/etc. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -