Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2358 mails)

[samelash@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Samy Elashmawy)]

At 07:27 PM 10/22/1999 -0400, zentara wrote:
>Samy Elashmawy wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Hi folds ,
>> 
>> I am looking for a rock solid motherboard Preferably with vidio and sound
>> on board that are rock solid and supported by suse linux.
>> 
>> Low end is ok , pentuim class / pentuim mmx , amd K6 II/III are ok for this
>> . I
>I just bought a used Dell (premium quality) Pentium 90, with an S3 Virge
>PCI video
>card, and an isa NE2000 ethernet card, and 32 megs of Simm ram; for
>$159.
>They were from a University computer lab.
>Go to www.compgeeks.com and look at their "barebones" systems. Better

Thanks for the tips , cant get to any of the local swap meets for couple
more weeks , Tied up here at work for at least the next two , so I will
have to mail order what ever I need. So I want something that  I know will
work the first time throgh , don't want to ship stuff back , between
shipping it back and restocking fees , you loos alll the savings there.

>yet, go to
>one of those computer trade shows/swap meets; and get some old surplus
>stuff.
>Pentiums are getting harder and harder to find. I hear they are grinding

Aha , thats where they are going , now that third tier compuer makers can
throw together a basic WindoZe machine for $300.00 , its getting harder to
find used machines at the shoes. The prebuilt ones are built for windoZs
and will choke on linux , due to all the incompatable hardware thet meny of
them use , to keep the cost down.

Thats what keeps me from picking one up. For a "middle of the road" and
above machine , you might as well build it your self , that way you know it
will work. 

Now that linux 9is growing , hopefully the third tear seller will mek some
changes , and hopefully as linux gets more mainstreamed , we will see more
drivers/support for all that "generic" hardware. Will have to do something
on this issue to realy take on M$ , especialy with all those marginaly
compatable machines allready out there.

>them up,
>and mixing them into cement for highways.
>
>I have a K6-II 266, and they are selling for $59 now. Put it in a $99
>PC-100
>motherboard. I have heard that ram is going up because of the Taiwan
>earthquake,
>so Dimm ram may be expensive. ( It always goes up at Christmas, wonder
>why? ;-) )
>
>


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