Subject: Re: Best Pent Motherboard?
To: None <mgandalf@ptd.net>
From: Dan J. Fraser <dfraser@mother.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 09/08/1996 13:12:30
On Sun, 8 Sep 1996, Mister Gandalf wrote:
> What's the best Pentium MB, SCSI controller, and video for NetBSD &
> XFree/AccelX?
I have no idea. I'm buying my PC for Windows, specifically.
I bought a 486DX4 for BSD, with a very minimal configuration, and then
will just be running an X server on my Windows box.
This is the Windows machine that I'm getting:
Item USD price CDN price Store
-------------------------------- --------------- --------- ---------
ASUS PCI/I-P55T2P4-256 $169.00USD $236.00 Atipa
NCR 810 Fast SCSI $76.00USD $106.40 Venkat
ASUS PS/2 Mouse Option $12.00USD $16.00 Venkat
Intel Pentium 133 $218.00USD $305.00 Atipa
4x32x60 16MB 72-pin SIMM $138.00 NAN
4x32x60 16MB 72-pin SIMM $138.00 NAN
MGA Millennium 2MB Retail $247.00USD $345.00 Atipa
Mid-tower Case + Power Supply $65.00 ?
MouseSystems PC Optical Mouse $59.00USD $82.00 MouseSystems
10baseT/10base2 ISA ethernet $45.00 CounterParts
--------
Total $1494.00
Options:
WD Caviar 2.14GB 11ms $289.00USD $404.60 Atipa
High-capacity SCSI tape drive
Venkat -- http://www.infinet.com/~venkat/controllers.html
Atipa -- http://www.atipa.com
MouseSystems -- http://www.mousesystems.com
HammerD -- darren@mgl.ca
Twin Prop -- 519-433-0560
CounterParts -- 519-679-7290
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Dan J. Fraser -- dfraser@mother.com
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