[ale] Upgrage choices

[Laith Elias Haddadin]

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.

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			-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
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