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Tim Joseph wrote in message <35DC894D.69B6203B@josep.demon.co>...
>Hi,
>
>I'm about to purchase a new PC from Mesh Plc (UK). They have a number of
>configurations, and so I was wondering if any of the bits and pieces are
>been successfully used under Linux already (I'm thinking of using
>Slackware 3.5).
>
>If anyone has any views or pieces of advice on any of the components,
>not just from a Linux point of view, but also from a general
>reliability/usability/performance viewpoint, they'd be more than
>welcome.
>
>Also, any comments on dealing with Mesh?
>
>The bits available are...
>
>1. Intel Pentium II 300MHz, Intel 440BX Chipset

Avoid the 300-go with the 333, unless you're planning on replacing your
furnace with the computer.  The 300s run _very_ hot.

>2. Video Card
>either    8mb ATI 3D Xpert98
>or        8mb Matrox Productiva G100
>or        8mb Hercules Terminator 128/3D AGP

Check the supported hardware for your release--the G100 is not supported as
far as I know by 2.0.  I've not played with it enough yet to figure out if
there's a workaround.

Personally I'd find an S3-based board.

>3. Audio Card
>either    Creative Labs AWE65 Wavetable Soundcard
>or        Ensoniq AudioPCI on board
>or        Creative Labs SoundBlaster Vibra 16 Soundcard

Vibra 16's your best bet.  The AWE64 can be made to work.

>4. Internal IDE (ATAPI) Zip Drive

Dunno about Zip support.  Things have always seemed kind of pointless to me
so I've never played with them.
>
>5. Hard drive (Ultra ATA DMA) and CDROM are both standard (IDE?).

Neither is an issue.  Both will work fine with recent kernels.

>6. Monitor
>either    17" ADI Microscan 5GT
>or        17" MAG D700 TCO92
>or        17" Taxan Ergovision 730 TCO95
>or        19" ADI TCO95 Microscan 6P

Buy whichever one you most like looking at.  Linux doesn't really care about
the monitor.

>7. Memory is "Ultra Fast" (100Mhz?) SDRAM.

If you're using a 333 or less this is not important.  If you're using a 350
or higher then you have to have fast RAM as those processors run on a 100
MHz bus rather than 66, and non-PC100 RAM will get flakey.  But fast RAM
won't make a 300 run any faster.
>
>Thanks for your help.
>
>From,
>
>Tim

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