Hi Greg, I have a Quadra 660av I could use. Would that work better?
Dan Arnold -- "Taking apart my keyboard is therapeutic and calming." - John Teff on 12/19/01 11:42 AM, Greg Merritt at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Well, that depends on what you're used to. Given that even > quadras are pretty cheap these days, you might want to save the $5 or > $10 for the price of the PRAM battery and use it to buy a Quadra. > Also, you can get a Quadra with NetBSD-supported on-board Ethernet; > with the IIcx, you'll have to make sure that the card you use is > supported. > > With a IIcx on a 10 megabit network, with a small number of > users sharing things like typically-sized MS Word documents, you'll > find that the network speed will tend to be the limiting factor. > > Where the IIcx's slowness will really kill you is in > compiling packages. This is totally dependent on processor speed. > Then again, you won't have to do this all the time. But, really -- > even on a Quadra 800, I found that some packages (along with their > prerequisites) took many, many hours to compile. > > -Greg > -- MacNetwork is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... XRouter Pro | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! Dr. Bott | Only $199 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/MIH130.html> Now shipping! Farallon Wireless SkyLINE PCI Card for Mac Desktops! <http://www.farallon.com/le/skyline/pci/index.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MacNetwork list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/macnet.html> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/macnetwork%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
