Author: Paul Massie
Date: 11:33:12 08/30/98
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On August 30, 1998 at 13:22:12, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On August 30, 1998 at 12:26:03, Ren Wu wrote: > >>Hi, Bob >> >>Do you have the link the the vender's website? I'm interested in such system >>too! >> >>Thanks, >> >>Ren. (renw@iname.com) >> >>On August 29, 1998 at 22:14:53, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >> >>> >>>this is already happening. IE two programs on ICC (fitter and cataclysm) are >>>running on dual PII/400 systems, and the machines are at home, not being used >>>as servers. The entire Linux SMP software development project is being done >>>by people that have duals and quads *at home*. It isn't extremely common just >>>yet, but there are far more duals at home that I would have guessed... because >>>you can put together a PII/400 dual system for way under 2500 dollars, including >>>big disks, lots of memory, and a monitor... >>> >>>pretty amazing... > > >the best bet is to look up "ASUS" which makes some really good dual-cpu >motherboards... in the 300 price range... what most are then doing is >buying 333mhz PII's and overclocking them to 400, which seems perfectly >safe based on past results... and the price becomes very cheap to do >this... > >Most "dualie" machines are built like this (buy your own motherboard and >processors, plug them in and go). Otherwise, you get into the "server" >pricing with most companies, and pay highly inflated prices... > >You might log on to ICC and talk to either Mike Byrne (fitter) or Jason >Deines (jasondes) as both have recently done this quite economically. > >Other ways would be to visit www.pricewatch.com, which has prices for >dualie (and quad) boards... Depending on where you are, you may also be able to buy one economically from a local vendor. For example, I just got a quote from a local vendor in the Silicon Valley area for a full machine with dual 450mhz processors, 10GB drive, CD drive, and 128MB RAM (no monitor) for $3,100. This machine is completely built and has 450Mhz chips - not overclocked. This vendor is Victs Computers (www.victs.com). You may be able to find something similar close to where you live. Paul
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