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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.hardware:10039 comp.os.os2:3249 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:588 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:346 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!daffy!uwvax!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!vanbc.wimsey.com!io.org!bounce.io.org!mitayai From: Mitayai <mitayai@io.org> 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: Hardware Advice Date: Thu, 6 Jul 1995 15:39:00 -0400 Organization: Internex Online, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (416 363 3783) Lines: 49 Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.950706142754.2589E-100000@bounce.io.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: bounce.io.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To: mitayai@io.org 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 ***