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At 03:47 PM 1/4/2000 -0500, Jim Bruer wrote:
Would it make sense to set up one machine as a Xwindows/thinclient (we have spare network cards) and upgrade the other machine as a server with new, motherboard, memory, processor and HD, and adding Cd-rom.
Then all you save is the cost of the case/powersupply. See if you can find a used parts wholsaler/recycler ,and see what it would cost to upgrade memory and hard drives , then see how much you could get used P100-133s , and then see how much for new motherboard and parts to go that way not to mention time and labor to do all of this. There is quite a diffrence between a pentuim and 486 , especialy if you add any ghaphics to it. For x you want at least 2 meg , 4 is better . On a P75 , with 16 meg ram , and 1 meg vidio ram , x is slow like molasis. You can do plian stuff with it iif you are willing to wait for it. These will be
workstations for students and staff. Doing office applications and some intro to programming kinds of things.
On Tue, 4 Jan 2000, Jim Bruer wrote:
I have 6 486Dx2 boxes that are going to be sent to 3 high schools in Ethiopia from the US. 16megs of 72pin ram, 200Mbytes hard drives, no cd-roms. I do have a budget fo up to $150 per machine for upgrades. Seeking input from the group on what an ideal configuration, both hardware and software, might be for this use. The schools have nothing at present.
Depends, what theses boxes are supposed to do. More RAM and hard disk space is what I would recommend. Have at least 32MB, if you want to get some serious work done. 200MB is also very tight, if you want to use them as workstations.
Bye, LenZ
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