-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 14 June 2002 11:58 am, Marcia did speak unto the huddled masses, saying:
> The above message convinces me to consider very seriously to build my own > computer by starting with a barebones kit-mainly this one below: always a good way to learn... > 1.My question here is hard drive would go with this that is good, > inexpensive, 40 or more gigs, and works with LM 8.2? i have always liked maxtor, and the 5400 rpm drives are slightly cheaper than the faster 7200 and if i recall come in 40gig portions. i have a 20 gig in here and installed stuff on whim alone and have plenty to spare despite my 1 gig mp3 collection and 4-5 gigs of games... > 2. Will any keyboard, mouse, and speakers, do that are generic and > inexpensive? well any ps/2 or usb. ps2 is likely easiest/cheapest. converter plugs can be found if you have stuff you intend to use with the wrong plug. > 3. Will my old Iomega internal atapi zip drive go with this or should I > get a new one? Again I want one that is inexpensive and works with this > system and Linux Mandrake 8.2. should work, but i have never used a zip, so take with a (several?) grain of salt > 4. Will all of the above plus 512 megs of ram run much faster than my old > Pentium II MMX 200 MHz , Genuine Intel cpu, with 128 megs of ram? _much_much_faster > 5. What would be a good inexpensive monitor that would go with this? I > found a refurbished Dell for $79.95 specs below: i hate monitors with dot pitch worse than about .25, but that sounds like a good screen at that price. - -- A senior Microsoft Corp. executive told a federal court that some Microsoft code was so flawed it could not be safely disclosed. Can you say "Trustworthy Computing"? shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 @ http://counter.li.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE9Ck/yBwq+ZwvIN/oRAkPXAJ4ktiUWqxck4itYoacj6o5hiOZDQgCfbCM1 LtZMxNDdjnFtI7lgZLGIC5U= =2Qt7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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