On Sun, Jun 18, 2000 at 05:40:42AM +0700, Warut Roonguthai wrote:
>K6 is not good at RC5 either; see http://www.pcbenchmarks.com/distribu.htm
>I've heard that RC5 requires some kind of rotate function that is
>hardwired on Intel processors but not on K6 and Alpha.
But K6 is quite OK at factoring,
Michael Bell wrote:
> ...back to your 37pence/MHz figure. Also note memory prices have gone up, so
> 32M now costs about £40-50!! Maybe this is the first time in recent history
> the price of a computer has stabilised??
Hmm, dont think so. I was over at Fry's electronics this morning. The 40
>
>Here is a calculation I did about six months ago
>
>AMD K6/2 500 MHz (plus fan)45 pounds Sterling
>Super-socket-7 motherboard 45 pounds
>32M 100Mhz RAM 20 pounds
>Old 486 to put it in1 pound
>
>To this one should add the cost of electricity.
Steinar H. Gunderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>>2. Which type of processor, memory etc will give the most bang for the buck?
>> We rarely see anything beyond P2-250's, so I would have to pay retail for
>>that.
>
Here is a calculation I did about six months ago
AMD K6/2 500 MHz (plus fan)
On Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 08:10:06AM -0400, Nathan Russell wrote:
>1. How difficult is it to set up Debian on a box of known specs?
Not very difficult, if you've installed Linux before.
>Also, is
>it plausible that a box would run without intervention from August to
>December?
Yes. Linux in gen
