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Pastimes : Dream Machine ( Build your own PC ) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Zeuspaul who wrote (1)	1/21/1998 12:43:00 AM
From: Zeuspaul	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Some useful links Tom's Hardware Page sysdoc.pair.com Build your own PC verinet.com

To: Zeuspaul who wrote (1)	1/21/1998 12:48:00 AM
From: Zeuspaul	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 14778

SuperG.... is the name of my first proposal, it stands for Super Graphics. I want a machine for high resolution graphics. It will be Win95 or NT based. It should have a fast AV harddrive for video playback and several additional harddrives for graphics storage. The monitor will have at least 1600x1200 capability. It will make use of AGP (advanced graphics port) and INTEL PII cpu. It will have an ethernet card so I can make use of shared resources with my other machines. Preliminary Configuration Motherboard .. Supermicro P6DLH dual Pentium II or ABIT LX6 CPU Intel PII 233 Harddrive X.X GB Monitor Viewsonic P815 1840x1400 Adaptec AHA2940 SCSI host adapter PCI Millemium II 3D video card AGP with 3D PCI add on and rainbow option Ethernet card Diamond sound card US Robotics modem 128 MB DIMM in first slot SuperMicro ATX tower with 300 watt power supply This is a starting point. I will add prices and more specifics as I get a better handle on this. Hopefully with input from other posters. Feel free to comment on this machine or make a proposal for another machine. Regards Zeuspaul

To: Zeuspaul who wrote (1)	1/21/1998 2:59:00 AM
From: Street Walker	Respond to of 14778

PRICES............bookmark for component prices................READ ME Everyone Bookmark this: pricewatch.com It gives the prices of most all components and who has them to offer at the cheapest prices. Street Walker

To: Zeuspaul who wrote (1)	3/6/1998 10:54:00 PM
From: Zeuspaul	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14778

Open Architecture From the PII forum newsgroups.intel.com From "PDI" Date Sent Fri, 6 Mar 1998 13:09:26 -0800 So if I understand your review correctly, Intel has defined the bus speed at 66 or 100, and has removed all possibility for motherboard manufacturers and OEMs to do anything else with it. Sounds like maybe a prelude to an attempt to block any Cyrix/National or other Slot 1 implementation using this chipset, other than what Intel dictates. I guess the old sayings are true, some people never learn from their mistakes and some do not have the ability to learn from history. The more that Intel does to establish a proprietary design to block the competition, the more trouble they are going to have selling their products. IBM tried it with the microchannel bus in their PS/2 systems and Apple has been there with the MAC (a totally closed architecture), The difference between these two, IBM awoke to the fact that the market wants an open architecture and Apple still hasn't realized this. The result, IBM rebounded and Apple is still sinking. In fact, Apple established the first open architecture standard with the Apple II, and when they realized that others were innovating and profiting from this openness, they slammed the door shut with the MAC in a moment of greed, that has cost them their onetime leadership in this market. At least when IBM walked down this very same path, they eventually were willing to admit they made a mistake and changed direction back to a much more open architecture. Please, no IBM or Apple comments, I am merely stating well published facts, as a comparison and example. Intel has failed to honor this historical basis for the PCs success. The truly open architecture of the original IBM-PC did more to establish a standard, did more to establish a following, did more to establish competitive pricing, etc. than any other single computer related innovation in the history of the computer. The PC market of today demands these levels of compatability, interoperatbility, interchangability, reliability, and competitive pricing from all manufacturers. From the date of the first first personal computer, nothing has succeeded like the open architecture model and nothing has failed worse than attempts to close that architecture down to the benefit of a single manufacturer. If your description of this limitation is correct, then with this new chipset, Intel is removing one more option from the motherboard vendors and limiting the systems overall potential in a way that will stifle competition, innovation and competitive pricing. lattin96 wrote in message <35016C3C.A089EC35@infoave.net>... >Hi... i have just posted my article on intels bx chipset and there >upcomeing cpu's katmai,Williamette,merced > if you want to read about them visit my site at >http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/5693/ > the bx chipset is due for release on April 15th see what it means to >you > Thomas >

To: Zeuspaul who wrote (1)	9/6/1998 9:26:00 PM
From: Clarence Dodge	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Has anyone done business with or has used Net Express tdl.com as an assembler? Sean maybe? ( though not as an assembler but maybe otherwise) Their web pages are very impressive ie no BS, personality display, banners.......just the facts and alot of solid advise and excellent quality components. Their preconfigured PII systems are 100% exceptable (to me). I cannot say that about any other assembler I have looked at. The only rub I can see so far? .........their prices........=high Take a look and let me know your thoughts...... maybe their prices can be rationalized by excellence of support and service. I'm gonna check them out on a ratings page now........ Clarence

To: Zeuspaul who wrote (1)	9/14/1998 8:34:00 PM
From: AHM	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14778

I've just converted to NT4 and there is a command on disk properties for disk compression. I this defragmentation or does it compress as Stacker and MS compression routines did in Windows apps? I don't want to take on problems such as were caused by Stacker - and would appreciate information on what this option does.

To: Zeuspaul who wrote (1)	9/21/1998 12:46:00 PM
From: Clarence Dodge	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Thread Has anyone here had dealings with PCNut pcnut.com for component purchase or system assembly? They offer combo packages of cpu, mb, ram, tested and burned-in, at supposedly better prices than individual purchase. Other sites also ofer this now. PCNut rates well on sysop.com (6.4) and receives accolades on the hardware boards. Any experiences here? I'm considering them (obviously) for a complete system asembled, configured, tested, burn-in. Clarence

To: Zeuspaul who wrote (1)	9/25/1998 10:16:00 AM
From: Clarence Dodge	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Is the Toshiba 32X IDE CD-ROM drive generally considered acceptable for software loading use in a trading machine? Seems to be the low-end drive most offered by assemblers> Clarence

To: Zeuspaul who wrote (1)	10/2/1998 7:32:00 PM
From: Clarence Dodge	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 14778

Are there any opinions favoring external modems over internal? There was a comment on a TomsHardware board that externals non use of IRQ (is that correct?) lessens chances of conflicts with other components as well as the extra PCI slot saved if the modem is PCI. Sounded like a reasonable argument. I have to choose one real soon. Thinking of the 3Com Courier V.90 Everything. Expensive but excellent reviews. Modems, like monitors, are items not to skimp on IMHO. Clarence

To: Zeuspaul who wrote (1)	10/13/1998 11:22:00 AM
From: Clarence Dodge	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14778

I asked the following question at Abit support afew days ago: Can the >selection be made to boot from (either a SCSI or an IDE drive in the BH6 >BIOS? And received the following reply just today: BH6 will support either SCSI or IDE HDD. The bootable disk is desided by the jumper setting in the HDD; thus, it could not be chosed in the BIOS setting. Now I'm confused....I thought this selection was made in mb Bios. I think abit is saying its made in SCSI host Bios.? The following was provided by ZP from the BH6 manuel: 3-12 Chapter 3 When the computer boots up, it can load the operating system from floppy drive A:, hard disk drive C:, SCSI disk drive or CD-ROM. There are many options for the boot sequence: A, C, SCSI C, A, SCSI C, CD-ROM, A CD-ROM, C, A D, A, SCSI ( At least 2 IDE HDD can be used ) {{???}} E, A, SCSI ( At least 3 IDE HDD can be used ) F, A, SCSI ( At least 4 IDE HDD can be used ) SCSI, A, C SCSI, C, A A, SCSI, C LS/ZIP, C Is there a contradiction here or (more likely) am I misunderstanding their reply? I thought I had this question/answer under my belt already...... Clarence >

To: Zeuspaul who wrote (1)	1/11/1999 1:47:00 PM
From: nojobjim	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Can anyone help? Ive got a Toshiba Infinia 7202 I had to use the recovery disk and now half my hard drive is missing It has a 4.3gb that was split into two drives{c:\&d:\}now d:\ is gone its a 200mmx w/TX chip set and Win95 Also I buy online alot and the worse thing to happen has been getting backordered.My most recent purchases have been HP CD-WRITER 8100 at buy.com for 270$ Soya SY-6BA+ for98$ and a 10.1gb IBM HD for 185$ at multiwave 128mb PC100 139$ 300A 65$ G200 16mb 129$ all at siliconwares.com LS-120 59$ AT Krex

To: Zeuspaul who wrote (1)	1/14/1999 10:48:00 PM
From: CuttotheCore	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14778

I am frustrated with not having a computer to fit my needs and not knowing where to go to get one built. I tried to read thru many of the posts, at least several hundred, but did not find any computer as such. In fact, I hesitated to write to ask because it is so obvious that you guys are way beyond my limited knowledge. I was hoping maybe for a reference to a post or posts outlining a computer previously setup that may be close to what I need/ want. First, my primary purpose is to set it up to assist me in my trading/ accessability to many graphs and full utilization of trading software. I must by default access the internet by modem/phone line/wait and watch the hourglass. At present I run windows on wallstreet on a p100 clunker [95] and halfway use a p2 266 laptop[98]. I mistakenly bought the laptop, thinking I could set up a desktop system and it just doesn't work, mainly because I use dtn realtime satellite feed, which means I am without data if I take the laptop with me when I travel and at 1024 X 768 it doesn't really support sufficient resolutions to utilize a large monitor and , of course, can't support a multi-screen scenario. I would like to begin again from scratch. I'll give the p100 to my 4 year old, and the p2 to my wife. This is what I think I would like to have. It would probably fall within the highend range and would have a p2 450 with a multi-screen adapter. It seems to me that the new predator series from colorgraphics, www.colorgfx.com, would fit this criteria. This is well and good perhaps, but when I then start talking to local computer guys they have never seen this setup and say, yeah, yeah, I'll build it for $/hour. Okay, I'll pay somebody to build it, but not to learn how. When I have talked to these guys I get the feeling that they see me as a good chance to charge top $ for medium quality parts. I guess I need for someone to tell me what I need, with allowance for upgrade or additions, such as 4 monitors after I am comfortable using 2, with tuner. I get bogged down when I have to decide what resolutions are needed on the monitors at what refresh rate. Essentially, I need to work hard trading and rely on somebody to build a machine that will help me. Is there someone who has surfaced on the board who can do this reliably with top quality components that I can afford? Is there information available that I can utilize to work with someone closer at hand? I admit that computer science wasn't my major, but in my defense I am certainly glad I started using one even if it was 22 years after I got my major! I just want the computer to work for me with as little hassle as possible. I do think that there are many subsequent options that may be helpful so that an open architecture would be helpful, which is why I just don't buy a box and ask someone to install a multi-screen adapter. I am aware that the board is for those with the knowledge to build your own computer and admit that I don't meet that criteria. If someone would take the time to answer I would be most appreciative. I do understand that you guys are perhaps way beyond this, and have much better things to do. Its just that I don't have access to others who could help me to flesh this out. Any help would be much appreciated. Living in the country has its advantages, but building a complex (or simple) unit without reference to help is not one of them, at least for me. Thanks for any help that anyone can give. Richard

To: Zeuspaul who wrote (1)	1/21/1999 7:40:00 PM
From: Paul K	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14778

* Happy Birthday Dream Machine Thread * Zeuspaul's search for his Dream Machine started this thread one year ago, today: "...I probably won't save any money, most likely it will cost me more because I like quality components. I am sure I will learn a lot..." I think we are all learning a lot, thanks to all the contributors who make this thread a great resource on SI ...5455 posts! ...oh, do they talk about stocks on SI too? :)

To: Zeuspaul who wrote (1)	1/24/1999 12:31:00 PM
From: TraderAlan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Knowledgeable PCers, I've got an interesting question about design of a traders course series I'm building for my web site. Have kicked this back and forth so many times, my head is spinning and still not sure whether to go ahead or not: The course materials contain almost 300 GIFs. To improve the users experience, I'm thinking of creating one large .zip file of all the GIFs. Students would be instructed to DL the file into an images directory on their HDs. I would write my HTML pointing to their HDs rather than files on my server. They should load instantly, which would especially be valuable during real audio portions when their bandwidth is getting sucked up. Will it work? Can average users handle the instructions to create and fill a directory? I'm not familiar with Mac HDs. Can I create a wildcard path rather than specifying a C: drive? If not, it could be a mess with those who have their HDs partitioned differently. Amy input would be appreciated. TraderAlan aka Alan Farley The Hard Right Edge hardrightedge.com Morning Trader hardrightedge.com <--new address in next 72 hours hardrightedge.com

To: Zeuspaul who wrote (1)	2/12/1999 9:52:00 PM
From: Clarence Dodge	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 14778

re: My first KOT implementation My w98/nt0 taskbar functionality went off the deep end today in w98. Its programs startmenu options would not execute,options text would disappear as I passed the curser over, and finally all functions except mouse froze. The last meddling I did was to install the McAfee sw, so I attemped to uninstall that but the task froze before completion. I figured my options were to either copy the PM clone of w98nt0 from IDE 1 or restore the DI image from my archives partition on the same drive. I chose the image option, But DI would also not open from the startup menu in w98. So I booted from the Di floppy and restored w98nt0 that way. I really have no idea why I lost task bar function. I was very impressed by the ability to utililize sledgehammer KOT principles to get back on the road. Sorry Spots, I had no idea how to to a fix...and I,m really glad I had the sledge in the toolbox. Clarence

To: Zeuspaul who wrote (1)	2/23/1999 5:56:00 PM
From: Andriy Turhovach	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

My apologies for asking the question again, but the first time was in the middle of the night on the weekend and maybe nobody saw it: Can someone please tell me if there is a utility available that will allow me to automatically refresh a web page (user set time interval). I'm using IE4. Thanks much...

To: Zeuspaul who wrote (1)	3/11/1999 9:28:00 AM
From: Dan Duchardt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

From biz.yahoo.com Article on cobranded MSFT-COMS product for in home sharing of internet access: "The products will make it easy for home users to connect their PCs and share Internet access, peripherals and applications. They will take advantage of new features of the Microsoft® Windows® 98 operating system, such as Internet Connection Sharing, drawing on technology from Microsoft's Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) initiative." Has anyone used this feature of Windows '98.. is it as good as the other products mentioned in previous posts? Will COMS/MSFT be giving the market something new, or are they playing catch up?

To: Zeuspaul who wrote (1)	10/22/1999 11:07:00 AM
From: Len	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Figured this thread could appreciate this.... The Top 14 New Features in Windows 2000 14> With optional metal probe, Microsoft's "Explorer" now explores more than just web sites. 13> Recycle Bin inexplicably replaced with an angry monkey. 12> Built-in Excel macro calculates exactly how many times Bill Gates can buy your sorry ass. 11> Calls your mother every time you log into porn sites. 10> Now incompatible with all hardware and software, instead of just the ones that I buy. 9> Crumple zones! 8> New "No Monopoly To See Here" background featuring a scrolling "Gee you're looking very lovely today, Ms. Reno" message and a dewy-eyed Bill Gates cursor. 7> Helpfully locates and destroys all non-Microsoft software on your computer. 6> Illegal operation error message now includes WAV file saying, "I can't do that, Dave." 5> Final installation screen displays the message: "Thank you for upgrading to Windows 2000. Windows will now restart your machine and render your programs useless." 4> First 3,500 customers to purchase Windows 2000 receive 12 free hours of antitrust litigation from Microsoft lawyers! 3> Crashes twice as fast as Windows 98! 2> New "Gatesland, Gatesland uber alles" welcome screen. and the Number 1 New Feature in Windows 2000... 1> Free technical support until 1901!

To: Zeuspaul who wrote (1)	2/17/2000 9:41:00 PM
From: Verbal	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 14778

Question from a technically-challenged lurker..... Can anyone tell me if there is a dual-head video card that supports two digital flat panel monitors, specifically Viewsonic VPD150s? I have a home machine and an office machine that I am thinking of combining into one trading platform....and with both monitors digital, I'm at a loss as to the card needed. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Pat

To: Zeuspaul who wrote (1)	4/9/2000 12:51:00 AM
From: jw	Respond to of 14778

New on-line auction start up. Just maybe we all have computer treasures, junk, for sale.<g> Free listing, No commissions. Dunno', starting May 1. Regards, /jw http://www.hardwarequest.com/,