At 02:36 PM 2/28/02 -0500, Joe Matuscak wrote: >On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Dan Swartzendruber wrote: > > > Interesting idea: I'm tempted to spec out a 1U server PC with no disks > > and 4 ethernet ports and see what price point I can hit (assuming it's > > not unreasonable to look for an IDE controller, since most of the 1U > > products I've seen assume some kind of SCSI solution. also depends on > > being able to get 4 enet ports [at an absolute minimum] in the > > thing...) > >As a "for instance"... > >A 1U Supermicro case with a P3TSSE motherboard, 1.26Ghz PIII, 128MB RAM, >floppy, and a riser card is $725 (www.micropro.com). A four port Dlink >DFE-570TX is $125. > >The DFE-570TX is a quad Tulip chip clone, I have no real idea if the >Gnatbox supports it not. (I know single Tulip chipset cards work dandy).
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