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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!huey.cc.utexas.edu!not-for-mail From: cseanf@huey.cc.utexas.edu (Chris Ficklin) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD platform Date: 26 Jun 1994 11:40:48 -0500 Organization: The University of Texas - Austin Lines: 24 Message-ID: <2ukb2g$r7b@huey.cc.utexas.edu> References: <2uacoc$gfi@reuter.cse.ogi.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: huey.cc.utexas.edu Keywords: configuration In article <2uacoc$gfi@reuter.cse.ogi.edu>, Mike Rudnick <rudnick@cse.ogi.edu> wrote: >I'm buying a pentium system to run freeBSD (and occasionally DOS/windows). >I will be writing C/C++ code for a floating point intensive application, >probably using the GNU tool set. I've read the FreeBSD FAQ's (eg, >Hardware Compatibility) -- it was of help, but I'd like more detailed >info on things like which video-card/monitor/bus combination, i/o bus, >disk/controller, etc, work best with FreeBSD. I've already decided (I >think) that I want 256K cache, 16 meg ram, 1280x1024 video with a 17" >color monitor (for X windows), and at least 500Meg disk, but would >like guidance. What has worked best in your experience? > >Mike Rudnick >rudnick@cse.ogi.edu PCI is the best way to go on the bus. Drivers are almost completely finished for the NCR chip and possibly others. For video, almost anything but Diamond cards will work. I recommend a #9 GXE64 w/2meg or the GXE64 Pro but the drivers for the s3 864/964 chips are not quite finished. The only other thing is that 500Meg ain't alot. But you can increase that later. For monitor I prefer a Trinitron Tube. Mitsubishi makes a good 17" Trinitron.