Thanks Frankie - On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, Frank J. Carmickle wrote: > Hi Chuck > > On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > > I am springing for a new system with a 600 MHz Athlon processor and 64 MB > > I would highly recommend 128 mb of ram. You will not regret it. > > > ram, an SBlive sound card, two 8GB hard drives, a 56K external modem, and > > a NEC read/write CD drive all for under $1000 from folks I trust and have > > worked with for several years. Two loose ends I could use some feedback > > on: > > Good stick with the good guys. > > > The proposed video card is an "elsa" system. Anybody know if that is a > > problem down the road? I have no clear need for video display right now, > > but no point selecting a system with known problems. > > Unlike windows and there bad news screen readers, you don't need to worry > about video card incompatibilities. Unless you want to do cool things, > like watch tv on the console, I would just buy a cheep card. An s3 would > do the trick. I like using the frame buffer device. It's nice to have > tux come up on the screen when the kernel boots. The ati rage 128, the > matrox g200 and g400, s3 cards with a kernel patch, and the permedia2 > cards will support this. Most of us blinks probably don't care about it > but I use my computer as my tv. It's kind of nice to have a tv around for > friends to watch. > > > Second, the CD-ROM is a NEC > device - anybody have any information of a > > go-nogo nature on that choice? I think I just got religion when it comes > > to backup policy, and a CD drive with write capability is important in > > this new system. > > I wouldn't recommend a nec cd burner. Infact I have never heard a thing > about them. I would buy either the plextor or a yamaha. It's not worth > the hassle of trying to get something nonstandard to work. Kerry correcto > me if I am wrong but I have never seen nec's on the supported list of > drives for cdrdao or cdrecord. The plextor's and the yamaha's are > reliable drives. They aren't that expensive either. I know some people > who have never had problems with the hp's also. > > Hope this helped. > Frank > > > My web site is http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh Q: How does a single woman in New York get rid of cockroaches? A: She asks them for a commitment.
