Thanks, Garl. I am doing an LCC coop gig out at Rosen Product Research in
the IT Department where they have me writing Active Server Pages.
My old dual 200 MHz Pentium Pro "IBM Intellistation Z Pro" box has a PCI
bridge chip that won't play under Windows 2K. Fortunately it sees PCI card 0
(my Adaptec SCSI controller, whew!!! :), but I had to swap out (1) a PCI NIC
and substitute an ISA 3Com NIC (no big deal) and (2) swap out a decent PCI
video card and live with a five buck ISA 4-bit color display card I got from
Stan (a very big deal since some of the software I am using won't work and
most of it looks like s..t squared!).
I would be happy with anything that lets me run Windows 2K as an ASP
development platform and play with software associated with getting my CCNA.
Of course, open source stuff like Apache and Zope, both of which I have
installed, run just fine ... ~:>))) <-- Blinky stroking his chin. Could be
worse, the little f..k.
Building a W2K box frees up my second of two IBM Intellistation Z Pro boxes
to work as a Linux server. I also want to build a super Linux box, but
that's another story and right now I'm out of cash . . . Need to find at
least a part time digital burger flipping job for the Fall semester. Right
now, all I have to do is get decent _video_ running under W2K. If I could
find a decent ISA bus video card, that would solve the whole thing in the
cheapest way. Can anyone help?
Dennis (a.k.a., ~:>(X){)
> From: "Garl R. Grigsby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>'t
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 14:49:29 -0700
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [EUG-LUG:2140] Re: ===}(X)<:~ )))))))))... sonic waves ...)))))Re:
> Re: Is CodeRed affecting
>
> Dennis,
> As far as other mailorder shops, try edgemicro.com (they are in springfield
> but
> do not have a shop) and outpost.com. Both have been good for service and speed
> for
> me. As for advice on a win2k box, what do you want it to do? Just an office
> type
> box(word/excel/internet/email) or are you looking to do number crunching? Are
> you
> wainting to play games? Need more details.
>
> Garl
> "Dennis J. Eberl" wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Gary and (everyone else :). I've built plenty of clones so I can do
>> it myself (unless you mean hand solder surface mount chips to a
>> Mother#$%@!ngboard :^o uch! ). PC Parts Express seems to be getting the
>> most votes. Are there any mail order sources anyone can suggest. I might
>> just go piece-by-piece to pricewatch.com (and certainly would if this were
>> to be a Linux box), but I need advice on putting together a cheap but
>> adequate Windows 2000 box. Thanks.
>>
>> Dennis and, pal, Blinky Foobar, ~:>(X){, His Mark
>>
>>> From: "Garl R. Grigsby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 09:47:41 -0700
>>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> Subject: [EUG-LUG:2103] Re: Is CodeRed affecting Linux or FreeBSDmachines?
>>>
>>> I would recommend either building it your self, or hitting pcpartsxpress in
>>> Springfield. They seem to be at least semi honest. I would also recommend
>>> going
>>> with an AMD chip. You will get a faster chip for less money. I have even
>>> been
>>> known
>>> to put machines together for people for a small fee.......
>>>
>>> "Dennis J. Eberl" wrote:
>> <snip>
>>>>
>>>> Dennis, I need to build a box for Windows 2000 for school. (I am currently
>>>> running it on a dual processor (200 MHz Pentium Pro x 2) IBM Intellistation
>>>> Z Pro, but it has a PCI-to-PCI bridge chip that won't "play" under W2K . .
>>>> .
>>>> so I'm using an ISA bus 4-bit video card!) Can you recommend a local source
>>>> for 500 MHz Pentium III (or above), Motherboard, 256 to 512 MB RAM, 20 to
>>>> 40
>>>> GB HD, std 3.5" floppy, "nothing fancy" CD-ROM drive, case, and power
>>>> supply? I have a video card, NIC, and sound card.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> Dennis Eberl, a.k.a., ~:>(X){
>> <snip>
>
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