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Xref: sserve comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:4086 comp.unix.bsd:12430 comp.os.linux:53256 comp.unix.questions:37842 comp.os.mach:3181 comp.unix.solaris:5589 Newsgroups: comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.linux,comp.unix.questions,comp.os.mach,comp.unix.solaris Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!netcomsv!netcom.com!hasty From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) Subject: Re: Unix close for 486 - commens requested Message-ID: <hastyCBvJrI.CMy@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <CEH.93Aug5102012@alouette.sce.carleton.ca> <23r8kl$la4@pdq.coe.montana.edu> <CBAs9D.MH4@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Distribution: inet Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1993 22:57:17 GMT Lines: 39 In article <CBAs9D.MH4@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> jeg7e@livia.acs.Virginia.EDU (Jon Gefaell) writes: >In article <23r8kl$la4@pdq.coe.montana.edu> nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) writes: >> >My disagreements with this article are legion. > >1.) Last I was quoted, by Rob Kolstad (@bsdi.com) full source license >to BSDI's product is ~$1K NOT $2K > >2.) You don't need accelerated video, 32M RAM, EISA, etc etc ad nauseum > for what you've asked for. It's nice to have more and faster, but a > lot less will produce very nicely for you. Especialy I have to wonder > about the display recomendation given the stated application is for > BATCH simulations. > >3.) Other than mispelling Nanao :) (I agree, that 550i is swell) I think > this fellow has well stated what is higher end equipment and why. It is good to have at least one machine with a decent 17" color monitor and and graphic's accelerator card such as base on S3 928 or S3 801 chipset.. The price of these cards have dramatically drop over the last year. You can get an S3 805 VLB for about $120 (S3 805 is the Vesa local bus version of the S3 801) . What you get is near sparc II graphic's performance and in the case of the S3 928 superior performance running on a 486DX266. VLB cards are a cheap alternative for EISA and depending upon the board manufacturer can allow more than 32MB of memory. There are also scsi VLB cards. Cheers, Amancio -- This message brought to you by the letters X and S and the number 3 Amancio Hasty | Home: (415) 495-3046 | ftp-site depository of all my work: e-mail hasty@netcom.com | sunvis.rtpnc.epa.gov:/pub/386bsd/incoming