[ale] Upgrage choices
Laith Elias Haddadin
laith at cc.gatech.edu
Mon Aug 11 12:11:04 EDT 1997
You should think hard about the video card. Don't buy something too
cheap. You know you can find 2MB EDO Virge chipset video cards for under
$100. Companies like, Diamond(of course), STB, and Progen are reasonably
priced.
___________________________________________________________________
-Laith Elias Haddadin (laith at cc.gatech.edu)
On Mon, 11 Aug 1997, Charles W. Binko wrote:
>
> Hi everybody,
>
> Even though I'm not in Atlanta anymore (relocated in Tampa), I still find ALE
> one of the best Linux resources around. So I thought I'd bounce my current
> choices for upgrading my system off you before I buy (probably Monday).
>
> Right now, I'm clinking along with a DX/50 (yes, that's right) with 20MB ram
> and four 540MB hd's.
>
> I've got $500 to upgrade this beast, and here's what (I think) I've decided on.
>
> AMD K6 200 processor (~$200)
> Tyan Titan Turbo AT motherboard (TX chipset, AT size, so no new case) ~$135
> 32MB 10ns SDRAM ~$130
> Cheapo PCI 2MB video board (until I get more cash :)
>
> Right now I'm running Slackware 1.2.13, mainly because I haven't had time (nor
> reason with this piece of crap) to upgrade, however, that will change almost
> immediately after purchase (I'm so glad I partitioned /home and /usr/local :)
> :)
>
> Does anyone know of any reason this is not a good choice? I know the K6 won't
> have the floating point punch of an Intel, but the price/performance is hard
> to beat!
>
> Thanks!
> Binko
> ___________________________________________________________________
> C. William Binko All Statements are
> cwb at mindspring.com My own.
> cwbinko at trcinc.com finger cwb at mindspring.com for public PGP key
>
>
>
More information about the Ale
mailing list