That gets to my next question... While shopping, I ran across a lot of
boxes with motherboards that have onboard sound & video. What's your
take on those? Do they tend to require funky device drivers that Linux
may not have?
Seve
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On 7/22/00, 10:34:17 PM, Anton Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
regarding Re: [expert] Pentium 200Mhz/MMX and Mandrake - Resource
Efficient?:
> Submitted 23-Jul-00 by John J. LeMay Jr.:
> >
> > Doesn't there come a point when using a machine as old as an XT clone
> > actually costs more to run (heat/electric) than grabbing something like
the
> > BookPC machines (around $500 ready to roll) and tossing the "classic"
into
> > the antique rack?
> >
> > I'm not blasting anyone for still using old equipment, I would never do
> > that. I'm just curious as to the trade off. I would assume their has been
> > significant advances in power efficiency and in the physics involved in
> > keeping machines cool in the past 10 years or so and that these features
may
> > make purchasing a new machine more cost effective than running an old
one.
> >
> > Just curious!
> Yes, it probably does cost more to run it than say one of the
> everything on one board machines. I actually did it originally as an
> exercise in adapting old equipment into terminals.
> Bottom line is that I can get an XT with a monitor for around $50-100
> while a real terminal will cost me at least twice that :/. Around
> here, I am more accountable for initial investment than cost of
> operation.
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