I recently pruchased an AMD Duron 800mhz processor, great chip for the
price....i payed $180au for the processor, would be heaps cheaper in the US.
with an Abit Mother board and 128meg would be perfectfor your application
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Mustarde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 12:57 PM
Subject: Re: OT: Going semi-digital; advice needed
> >
> >In other works, what are the minimal requirements to
> >do flatbed scanning and light-duty image manipulation?
> >
>
> Minimal: Cheap $49 parallel port scanner, any old Pentium 133 or
> faster computer with 64 megs of Ram and 4 to 6 gig hard drive.
>
> Best (for value): Find a local reputable home-built computer (check
> local forsale newsgroups). An Athlon 600mHz with 128 meg ram and 25
> gig HD should set you back about $600, and another $100 for a decent
> 17" monitor.
>
> I don't know the current market for scanners. My old Microtek
> Scanmaker E6 (600 dpi optical, 11x13.5 bed, requires a SCSI card) just
> keeps going and going and going. And I have a Nikon Coolscan III film
> scanner which works just fine also.
>
> There is really no need to spend a lot for the latest and greatest
> top-speed Pentium processors. Lots of good work is being done on 450
> Mhz units. More ram is always better, but 128 mb ram is good enough to
> work with 30 mb files (a file suitable for 8x10 prints is about 30
> mb.)
>
> Choose the monitor carefully - go to the store and look at one in
> action. If you want to spend extra money, spend it on the monitor. A
> 19" or larger monitor is much, much easier to use than a 17" one.
>
>
> --
> Happy Trails,
> Texdance
> http://members.fortunecity.com/texdance
> http://members1.clubphoto.com/john8202
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