🚀 go-pugleaf

yep, you don't need that much.  My practice system was a P133 with 64M and a
4G IDE HDD.  I then got a small bonus from my company for having A+, HP,
IBM, and Compaq warranty certs.  So I bought and Intel SE440BX-2, a PII 350,
and PNY 128M DIMM.  Now I can practice crashing my server really fast!
Eugene

Jonathan Samuels wrote in message
<916345826.14173.0.nnrp-12.d4e47c01@news.demon.co.uk>...
>Why bother with such a high spec machine as a test bed.
>
>I scrounged a 486 DX100 with 32 mb memory sure its crap but it allows you
to
>practice any of the concepts
>
>Jon
>a_jediknight@my-dejanews.com wrote in message
><77l3af$4mu$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
>>In article <369cbc2f.0@news1.ibm.net>,
>>  "Nathan Emerson" <Nate@Eisle.com> wrote:
>>> I'm about to buy the parts for a 2nd system in order to practice
>networking.
>>> I thought I'd check in with the experts before I take the plunge.  This
>is
>>> the plan:
>>>     300A Celeron--Overclocked to 450
>>>     Abit BH6 Mboard
>>>     64 100Sdram
>>>     Any ol' hard drive
>>>
>>> Any advice, before I start looking for the lowest price per part?
>>>
>>> Nate
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Don't overclock it. this is just a test bed, why introduce problems that
>>overclocking will bring with it.  when you are done running NT and NT
>server,
>>then do as you will.
>>
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