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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.uoregon.edu!cs.uoregon.edu!reuter.cse.ogi.edu!cse.ogi.edu!rudnick From: rudnick@cse.ogi.edu (Mike Rudnick) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD platform Date: 28 Jun 1994 04:40:30 GMT Organization: Oregon Graduate Institute (formerly OGC), Beaverton, OR Lines: 18 Distribution: world Message-ID: <2uo9ju$12b@reuter.cse.ogi.edu> References: <2uacoc$gfi@reuter.cse.ogi.edu> <2ukb2g$r7b@huey.cc.utexas.edu> <Cs19IJ.B07@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: blue.cse.ogi.edu Keywords: configuration bj@staff.cc.purdue.edu (Ben Jackson) wrote: > The 256K cache is *highly* recommended. I've heard that a DX2/66 is > about 40% faster (wall clock time) with a 256K external cache. The > Pentium supports 512k, and the extra 256K might be worth the $60-100 > you'll pay for it. I'll get the 512K cache if possible -- I've been told the Intel Pentium/90 Neptune motherboard doesn't support it (no sockets?)! > 1280x1024 would be crowded on a 17" monitor. For comfortable viewing, > you would be better off with either 1152x900 or a 19" monitor. What do you think of running two smaller monitors? Eg, can they be made to work as one (ie, drag a window from one monitor to the other)? Thanks for the advice, Mike Rudnick rudnick@cse.ogi.edu