At 04:12 PM 6/6/97 +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
>On Jun 6, Simon J. Gerraty wrote
>> Questions:
>> 
>> Since I'd like this thing to do X at 1152x900 or better, I figure
>> something like a Matrox Millenium with 4M would be safe?
>
>Really save. I do 1152x900 (256 colors) with a 1Mo S3trio64
>> Ethernet: I have a spare old WD8003 card... but a new one might be a
>> good idea - is PCI necessary?  This box will be an NFS server among
>> other things, but few clients (typically one).
>
>In this case, a (working) ne2000 clone is enougth.

True.  But you can get 10/100 21140-based cards for <US$85, so I 
wouldn't spend more than US$30 bucks for a NE2K card.
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