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To: Zeuspaul who wrote (283)	2/26/1998 8:49:00 AM
From: Dirk Hente	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

[my trading environment] <Dirk, do I understand correctly? You have a Five monitor , dual mouse set-up between the two machines! Is this your home set-up?> right, at home i have 5 monitors connected to 2 computers (dual mouse on one cumpter) with one shared isdn internet connection. <What is the purpose of the set-up? stock trading? > yup, the primary purpose of this setup is for day trading stocks. >Would you indicate the primary components of the two computers?> sure i can give a short description of my setup. tho i think the individual components itself are not so exciting , its more the configuration of all components which makes my environment quite unique. ok here it is: computer 1: Processor: Intel Pentium P200 (overclocking almost impossible, only up to 207Mhz)) Mobo: Asus T2P4Rev3+ (overclocked, running at 83Mhz bus clock) RAM: 64MB EDO GA: 1 Matrox Millennium 2 MB + 1 Matrox Millennium 4 MB HD: 2GB SCSI OS: Win95/Win NT4.0 ws dual boot MODEM: ISDN, Hagenuk Speed Dragon NIC: 3com 10base2 Monitor: 2 17" Vobis Highscreen computer 2: Processor: Intel Pentium P133 (overclocked to 200Mhz) Mobo: Asus P54SP4 (running at 66mhz bus clock) RAM: 48MB FPM RAM GA: 1 Elsa Winner(S3 Trio 64)+ 2 no name S3 Trio64V+ HD: 2GB SCSI +500MB IDE OS: Win98beta3 Mouse: dual mouse setup NIC: no name Ne2000 compatible, 10Base2 Monitor: 1 17" Eizo Mulisync + 2 17" Sony Workstation Monitors (the p54sp4 is a socket 5 mobo, p133 is socket 7, so i had to do some 'modifications' to implant the cpu into the mobo) This is my setup right now but of course its never static. Some remarks to my components: I always prefer Intel CPUs because they have the best floating point performance. ASUS motherboards are good because they offer a quite cheap SCSI solution, you only need this NCR810 controller. Second plus for ASUS is overclockability. i bought the t2p4 because it works at 83Mhz busclock speed. My 'computer 1' has EDO rams not because its fast but because it is the cheapest type of memory right now. As far as i know Millennium cards have the best 2d performance and you can set them up in a multimon configuration. I only use SCSI HD's..easier to handle (no probs with master/slave setup or so, up to 7 devices on one bus). however, i have to use an ide drive on my computer 2 because i cant boot directly from a scsi disk. my OS for computer1 is NT4.0 because that's the only way to have a multi mon configuration with standard graphic cards (not counting win98beta3). I'm using win98beta3 on my computer2 because of the multi mon capability and got these 2 no name s3 graphic adapter because this was the cheapest way to test the multi mon configuration. i got the workstation monitors for free. you'll need a special adapter (for combining the sync signlas) to make them work with pc graphic cards. my network is 10base2 because its cheap, esp. no hubs. Network protocol is Tcp/IP only. computer1 is my 'gateway' to the internet. i use WinGate to share the connection. the only reason why i'm using wingate is because its free and it supports a lot of (application) protocols. however, like all proxy server solutions its not transparent to the user. To be reduntant i have accounts with 2 different internet provider (uunet & t-conline). local phone cost is a burden here, i have to pay about 300$ per month to be 140h online per month. isdn connection speed is 64kbps (a 128kbps would double the cost). a dedicated isdn line with 64k is out of discussion (approx 3000$ per month). the physical configuration of my monitors is L-shaped. 3 monitors on one 'leg' and 2 monitors on the other 'leg'. this setup allows me to have workplaces for 2 ppl. usually me and my friend are sitting at the same time in front of this setup, this is why i have 2 mice connected to 'computer2 '. when i do daytrading my screens are usually setup like this: screen1: 5 windows to gritch (for streaming real time island limit book quotes) 1 window to dbc headlines (better than some paid news services) 1 window for mirc (irc client connected to #daytraders, a good source for free real time info) 1 window nasdaq real time chart 1 window dow jones real time chart 1 window for my utility to open all these windows at predefined places and size screen2: 1 window of an updating market commentary service 1 window for long term charts (iqc) 2 windows for my broker - one for order entry - one for order status/real time quotes all windows (for screen 1&2) have a different size and are arranged in a non overlapping way (like a patchwork) screen3: full screen, 'internet trader' (delayed) with 9 ticker charts screen4: full screen, streaming stock quotes (msn) grouped into sectors (about 50 stocks) screen5: for browsing the net all quotes are delayed (but streaming!), except for the snapshot rt quotes of my broker and the streaming island limit order book quotes....well..thats not too professional but i think it's the most advanced you can get for free. sooner or later i will switch to a soes firm, but i'm still evaluating: abwatley (no commission waiver no matter how much you are trading), castle (account limit 20k$, no waiver?), cyber-corp(you must wait until your are 'elected' as a customer, i sent them an email because PRB made his 'famous' 19.95$ offer a couple of times here at SI..i only got an email bot response; their sw is very very good but you have to generate 4000$ commissions per month...this is out of discussion for me), mbtrading(seems to be good). i'll probably go with mbtrading.