Re: [H] Serial port bracket?
Thanks Harry, I tried Google several times and never came up with this stuff. Sam Harry McGregor wrote: Google/Froogle http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=IDC10&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial&percentage_served=100&sa=N&tab=wf http://www.logicsupply.com/product_info.php?products_id=154 Harry On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 12:52 -0800, Sam Franc wrote: Looking for: DB9M to IDC10 serial port on bracket for my A8N-VM CSM that will add a serial port to the back of my box. I can not seem to find one anywhere. Can anyone point me to a store. Sam
Re: [H] Serial port bracket?
Google/Froogle http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=IDC10&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial&percentage_served=100&sa=N&tab=wf http://www.logicsupply.com/product_info.php?products_id=154 Harry On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 12:52 -0800, Sam Franc wrote: > Looking for: > DB9M to IDC10 serial port on bracket > for my A8N-VM CSM that will add a serial port to the back of my box. > I can not seem to find one anywhere. > Can anyone point me to a store. > Sam
Re: [H] GIS mapping software
At 04:43 PM 16/03/2006, Harry McGregor wrote: The Intel video will be perfectly usable. If the person has good eyes, look to get the highest resolution you can. We have been going with 1600x1200 on our IBM laptops lately, but our vendor option has just changed, and we can't use IBM now. Thanks Harry, once again, this is very useful information. I really appreciate the help. T
[H] Serial port bracket?
Looking for: DB9M to IDC10 serial port on bracket for my A8N-VM CSM that will add a serial port to the back of my box. I can not seem to find one anywhere. Can anyone point me to a store. Sam
Re: [H] GIS mapping software
On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 16:37 -0400, Thane Sherrington (S) wrote: > At 02:54 PM 16/03/2006, Harry McGregor wrote: > >I think I am probably the most qualified to comment on this out of the > >group... I work with the University of Arizona, but I am detached and > >support a group of U. S. Geological Survey researchers. > > Thanks for all this info - this is exactly what I was looking > for. This customer wants a laptop to do basic GIS in the field (most > of the work will be done on his desktop.) I was thinking a Core Duo > T2300 1.66GHz processor and 1GB of RAM. The only downside is that > the ones I've seen are all Intel 950 integrated video. Is that going > to be usable? The Intel video will be perfectly usable. If the person has good eyes, look to get the highest resolution you can. We have been going with 1600x1200 on our IBM laptops lately, but our vendor option has just changed, and we can't use IBM now. We had mostly gone 1GB on laptops due to price, and IBM being brain dead. They know that our credit card purchase limit is $2499.99, yet they priced laptop configs at $2568 and other things like that. Harry > T >
Re: [H] GIS mapping software
At 02:54 PM 16/03/2006, Harry McGregor wrote: I think I am probably the most qualified to comment on this out of the group... I work with the University of Arizona, but I am detached and support a group of U. S. Geological Survey researchers. Thanks for all this info - this is exactly what I was looking for. This customer wants a laptop to do basic GIS in the field (most of the work will be done on his desktop.) I was thinking a Core Duo T2300 1.66GHz processor and 1GB of RAM. The only downside is that the ones I've seen are all Intel 950 integrated video. Is that going to be usable? T
[H] New Computer Vcore voltage
I am just setting up a new box with an Asus A8N-VM CSM mobo. Installed the Probe and get a danger reading on the Vcore of 1.17 volts. Can anyone tell me what this means. The threshold value is supposed to be 1.45 volts. Is this something wrong with the CPU or is there someplace to adjust this voltage. Wondering ! Sam Forgot!! The CPU is a AMD Athlon 64 3500 Venice.
Re: [H] GIS mapping software
Hi, I think I am probably the most qualified to comment on this out of the group... I work with the University of Arizona, but I am detached and support a group of U. S. Geological Survey researchers. The main package we use is ESRI ArcMap/ArcInfo. The absolute most important item is RAM. Our base is right now 2GB in a generic system, 3-4GB if we can justify the cost. Second is CPU power. Dual Core is what we are going with now, but our budget is generally 2499.99, and we must purchase via Dell (I hate it, but the Department of Interior has a sole source agreement with them). The next most important item is monitor real estate. We have been going dual DVI 19" Dell monitors. Another popular option is the 24" wide screen dell. I don't like it as much as the dual 19", as you lose a lot of height, and get a little less width. Video cards help, but only if doing simulations. Any video card with enough horse power to run dual monitors should be more than enough. Decent Nvidia or ATI, preferably with dual DVI output. We have been using X600 based in most of the Dells. If I was doing a system today for one of my users: Dell GX620 MiniTower Intel Pentium D 840 (3.2GHz, Dual Core) 4GB DDR2 533MHz (4 Dimm) dual 1905FP monitors ATI Radeon X600 256MB Dual DVI Firewire card Dual 250GB SATA HD 1.44 FDD Smart Card reader USB keyboard Dell USB 2 button mouse 16x DVD+/-RW and 16X DVD drive A215 speakers 3 year NBD onsite Dell Federal keep your hard disk (defective drives are not returned). Cost is under $2300ish Harry On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 14:34 -0400, Thane Sherrington (S) wrote: > Does anyone know if GIS mapping software (the high-end stuff that > cities use to map the area and overlay sewer lines, for instance) > gains anything with a fast video card? From my reading, RAM and CPU > seem more important. > > T >
[H] GIS mapping software
Does anyone know if GIS mapping software (the high-end stuff that cities use to map the area and overlay sewer lines, for instance) gains anything with a fast video card? From my reading, RAM and CPU seem more important. T
[H] AMD pricing change
"AMD is continually assessing and adjusting its pricing to best meet the needs of our customers in the competitive environment. The following price changes should be expected Q2 2006: Effective April 10th, the desktop AMD Athlon 64 and AMD Athlon 64 X2 processors will have a small price adjustment upwards, adding a few dollars to the current prices of these products. AMD is confident that these products will continue to deliver outstanding price performance to the market. AMD Athlon 64 FX is not impacted by these moves and will hold flat in price. Effective May 15th, the AMD Sempron prices will adjust downwards. The May 15th pricing will also include socket AM2 pricing for many AMD Athlon and AMD Sempron branded products in order to provide guidance on product pricing prior to launch. We believe that this full product offering of socket AM2 products will drive a hard and fast transition to the AM2 platform as well as drive cost effective motherboard solutions. " Apparently AMD is making hay while the sun shines (before the new Intel chips come out.) T
