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Xref: sserve comp.sys.next.hardware:13478 comp.os.386bsd.questions:14140 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!caen!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!hookup!olivea!news.hal.COM!darkstar.UCSC.EDU!cats.ucsc.edu!cft From: cft@cats.ucsc.edu (Christopher Flash Tarnas) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Intel Help (for a unix on intel newbie) Date: 1 Nov 1994 01:02:42 GMT Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz Lines: 40 Message-ID: <39443i$5ju@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: am.ucsc.edu Here are a few questions, if anyone could answer these for me, I would be very grateful (please email, I don't have time to read all of the newsgroups). Alternately if one could tell me the location of a FAQ that answers these questions I would be grateful too. I'm looking into getting a 486dx2 66 to run NeXT, BSD, and (unless I can help it) windoze. I was wondering what I should look for when purchasing a system/parts. (what's compatable, whats not) I'm a student so my budget is not large (at all :). I'm just looking now, waiting for my paychecks and trying to forget about university bills. Are there any mother boards that I should avoid? I assume VLB slots are required for NS stuff. I know that I would need a SCSI controller/drive. Would the scsi on sound blaster work? (slow, but cheap) Or should I get a dedicated card? What drives have problems with NS or BSD? Are segates ok, how about quantum? I'm not sure about the graphics card, what should I avoid and what should I look for? I'm thinking of a 2 meg SVGA card, but was not sure what brands NS and BSD supported. Also, could someone tell me what the Academic pricing for NS 3.3 is? If I'm over looking anything in my questions, please inform me. Thanks allot. Sorry for all the questions. thanks -cft btw- if anyone has a Black slab or cube for the right price (read cheap I'm po'), I might be interested. ------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Tarnas UCSC CATS-ICL Student Help Desk | cft@cats.ucsc.edu iclhelp@cats.ucsc.edu | Home: (408)-427-1064 Work: (408)-459-4693 |