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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!news.clark.edu!henson!reuter.cse.ogi.edu!cse.ogi.edu!rudnick From: rudnick@cse.ogi.edu (Mike Rudnick) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: FreeBSD platform Date: 22 Jun 1994 22:08:12 GMT Organization: Oregon Graduate Institute (formerly OGC), Beaverton, OR Lines: 12 Distribution: world Message-ID: <2uacoc$gfi@reuter.cse.ogi.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: red.cse.ogi.edu Keywords: configuration 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