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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
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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