Subject: Re: A3000/25/8+2 worthwhile
To: None <port-amiga@NetBSD.ORG>
From: None <mparson@fargo.imtdirect.com>
List: port-amiga
Date: 03/13/1997 15:48:54
In message <v03007819af4e12073592@[129.46.116.123]>, you write:
> I have an Amiga A3000 25Mhz that I'm considering adding 8Meg Ram to
> expressly for the purpose of running NetBSD. I also have ~500Meg Disk Drive
> I'll be using.
Is this going to be 8 total megs? or 16 total?
My setup is A3000/030-25 2meg chip, 16meg fast.
Originally, I was running it with 8 meg fast. The additional 8 was
definately worth it. With 8 megs, you are going to be swapping
constantly. Even with 16, I swap a lot, but not nearly as much as when
I had less RAM.
> I'm now nervous that I'll put this effort into the machine, then find that it
> totally sucks. I'd like to find out how bad/good this will be?
>
> I must run X. I'd like to be able to log into work and work from home,
> I realize I'll be limited by modem speed here.
If you have a 28.8k, you can get decent X over a modem using something
like dxpc.
> I've used machines ranging from Sun2, Sun3, Sun4, UltraSparc,...
> This machine should be in the Sun3 range.
Yup, should be roughly equiv to a Sun3/80.
> I have a Nec MultiSync 2A monitor that I'd like to use in the highest
> resolution
> mode, I think its called Productivity mode? Is this supported in NetBSD?
The highest I ran it was a fully overscanned NTSC Hires-lace (724x480?).
I never even considered going higher than that cuz I was using a VGA
monitor plugged into the built in VGA port which did not handle the
productivity modes very well.
I'm using the past tense here cuz I recently got a Picasso IV and have
not yet figured out how to convert my amigados monitors file to the
format that I need for X11.
-Mike
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Michael Parson
SMART Technologies