[2198] in Release_7.7_team
Heads up! Expect a Dell GX110 to test soon.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Cattey)
Tue Apr 4 16:26:49 2000
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Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 16:26:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: Bill Cattey <wdc@MIT.EDU>
To: ghudson@MIT.EDU, tb@MIT.EDU, zacheiss@MIT.EDU, tibbetts@MIT.EDU
CC: release-team@MIT.EDU
I expect this note is of most interest to Thomas.
I've guessed at a configuration that might work for the current Dell line.
I've ordered the machine, and it will be here sometime in the next 3 to
10 days. Ideally I'd like to know by April 10 if it works (in time for
the Owls meeting) so if it shows up, it will be very urgent and
important that we
swarm over it and get it going.
Here are the relevant specs:
NIC: unknown. Dell can't tell me definitively or accurately. They make
noises about it being 3c905 compatible. We'll test and buy a Network
card if necessary.
Video: Nvidia TNT2. My review of of the XFree86 sources says it will
work, and that when v4 comes out it'll be better supported than the ATI
rage we currently have in the GX1.
Audio: None on board, and the only option is "Sound Blaster Audio PCI 64
Voice" so I bought one.
Monitor: 19" Premium Dell Trinitron. Old was Dell P990. New is Dell P991.
Mouse: We'll use one of the 3 button mice we have here. I ordered a 2
button crap mouse so the machine would ship QUICKLY.
Everything else is normal: 13.6GB disk, 533MHz CPU with 256M of full
speed cache (instead of 512M of half speed cache) system bus at 133MHz
(instead of 100 MHz for GX1). 40x CD Rom.
BTW: The cost will be $1432 per machine. (The GX1 price dropped too.
We can get those at $1637 or under.)
-wdc
