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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!noc.netcom.net!ix.netcom.com!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!usenet From: michael.roy@blue-world.net (Michael Roy) Newsgroups: io.general,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.os2,comp.os.ms-windows.nt,comp.os.ms-windows,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Hardware Advice Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 22:08:03 GMT Organization: Blue World IT Consulting Inc. Lines: 57 Message-ID: <40ohl0$rk5@sulla.cyberstore.ca> References: <Pine.LNX.3.91.950706142754.2589E-100000@bounce.io.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: yvr-ppp-50.cyberstore.ca X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.hardware:12770 comp.os.os2:3307 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:705 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:557 Mitayai <mitayai@io.org> wrote: >Heya! >I'm looking for some advice on building a generic system that will run >under all of the following: BSDI, NetBSD, Linux, OS2, WinNT, Win95, and >Win3.11. They need to be inexpensive yet efficient. >If anyone has any info or advice on compatibility, prices, suppliers, >etc, please give me a response. If you are interested, for your own >reasons, in seeing either the finished product of my research or even >updated progress reports, just let me know and i'll bounce it as >appropriate. >If you reply to this, please reply to *only* me via email and ill forward >it to those interested. >Ok, here we go: >1) Intel 486 DX2/66 CPU, Heat sink, CPU fan, ASUS PCI motherboard, > 128K/256K Cache, 72 pin SIMM slots, onboard IO (16550) >2) 4/8/16/32 Meg SIMMs, 72pin (16 Meg Minimum per machine) >3) Apdaptec SCSI controller, ISA 1542/PCI 2940 (may be on-board) >4) SMC Ethernet 16C/16T >5) Quantum SCSI 540 Meg Hard Drive >6) 3-1/2" Floppy (controller on-board) >7) Diamond Stealth PCI graphics card, 1Meg/2/Meg >8) 3-Button Mouse ,Serial/Bus card (serial may be on-board) >9) Supermini Tower case with Powersupply >10) NI VGA Monitor, 14"/15" >11) 101-key keyboard >Any help would be appreciated. >-Mit >mitayai@io.org >--- >*** Will Mitayai Keeso Rowe, mitayai@io.org, Internex Online *** Get 32-48Mb of memory. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Roy - BLUE WORLD IT CONSULTING Inc. P.O. Box 60604, Granville Park Post Office, Vancouver, B.C., V6H 4B9 Phone/FAX 604.739.2949 -- Cell 604.671.6871