On Sun, 2006-01-15 at 20:09 +0000, Antony Gelberg wrote: <snip> > My basic needs are: > USB 2.0 PCI interface with hard disk for audio data (SCSI disks of the > capacity I need cost too much) Should work. Success appears to be a bit more mixed than with USB 1.1 cards but - should work.
> and alsa-compliant audio/MIDI interface. ???? Guess so. Possibly on USB if none of the PCI cards will play ball. > (Possible) 802.11b PCI card Never heard of anyone doing this but have a look at these: http://www.linuxemporium.co.uk/products/wireless/ it would be interesting to hear of your experiences if you try this. > (Possible) PCI video card to run xinerama Some folks have reported succes with some old Matrox cards. YMMV. > (Possible) SATA PCI card. Again, possible. I /think/ I heard of someone succeeding with one of these. > Can an Ultra 10 boot from such? Probably not, unless you buy one which is OpenBoot compatable - if they exist, they will be *expensive*. > PS I was also tempted by a SGI Octane but that is just too nuts. :D Depends, if you're performing... I've seen people use C-64's so it's possible... HTH Cheers, - Martin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
