[wplug] New box

[Benjamin Rice]

I would say go with a SCSI burner.  That way it's quicker and you don't
have to fool with the SCSI emulation stuff which isn't a big deal, but it
saves you the time too. :)  Plus SCSI stuff rocks.  Everything else looks
good to me!  Enjoy!

Ben Rice
brice at intunecs.com
http://www.intunecs.com/

On Tue, 24 Apr 2001 harrold at sage.che.pitt.edu wrote:

> On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, H. Lee Brinton wrote:
> 
> > Well I am finally going to replace my Pentium 150.  I ordered a new box and
> > I was wondering if any one in wplug had any experience with any of the
> > hardware.  The new machine is:
> > 
> > asus A7M266 motherboard
> > AMD Athalon 1.33Ghz
> > 512 Mb PC2100 DDR ram
> 
> 
> > Plextor 16/10/40 cdrw
> scsi or ide? either should be fine though scsi is better for cdrw's in my
> opinion. plextor drives are good nevertheless.
> 
> > IBM udma100 30GB harddrive
> i think udma100 works in the 2.4
> 
> > Intel 100Mb network card
> eepro 100? i have a whole lab full of computers with these.
> 
> > asus 7700 video card (nvidia Geforce2 GTS 32mb)
> might have to use binary stuff from nvidia but that should work fine.
> 
> > Iomega 250 IDE internal zip drive
> shouldnt be a problem. 
> 
> > Viewsonic GS??? 19in Monitor
> the lab is full of viewsonic ps790's. the gs should also be fine.
> 
> > Windows 2000 CD
> put it in the microwave.
> 
> > 
> > It should be here shortly.  I am bouncing off the walls with anticipation.  I
> > am also a little scared that Linux will not work with hardware this new.
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> just a few thoughts.
> ~~
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