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Non-Tech : MB TRADING -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Howard R. Hansen who wrote (374)	6/7/1998 3:57:00 PM
From: Henk Kruisbrink	Respond to of 7382

To answer your questions: 1. one (1) 2. Pentium 133Mhz (1 1/2 year old, need a faster one) 3. Pentium-II, at least 233Mhz, preferably faster to cover later versions of trading s/w. 4. 32 Mb 5. 64 Mb, my system swap's like there is no other taks to be done. 6. Win95 7. Win 98 when it becomes stable (and available), because 98 will support multiple screens directly. 8. Never use a Network application together with mission critical (read trading) tasks. I recomment a PC with a Pentium-II 233 Mhz, with 64 Mb Ram running Linux with IP maskerading (same as N.A.T.) and 2 3Com PCI ehterlink card's, they can be bought cheap in a 5-pack, so you have also cards for the other trade sttions. Linux can act as your fax/mail/print server, and the RedHat distribution is easy to install, and does a much better job in detecting h/w for plug and play. I have installed it from an FTP server, NFS server, CDROM (SCSI and Parallel port) and ZIP drive connected a parallel port. For those who don't know Linux is FREEWARE, but you have to pay a small fee for the distribution, it's well worth it. Henk

To: Howard R. Hansen who wrote (374)	6/7/1998 4:22:00 PM
From: John Hunt	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7382

Not a Dream Machine, but .... 1. How many computers are you using in your trading station? 1 2. What CPU are you using in your trading station? 200 MMX Pentium 3. What CPU would you recommend others use in their trading station? Pentium II 300 MHZ or faster if buying new 4. How much memory are you using in your trading station? 128 MB 5. How much memory would you recommend others use in their trading station? Minimum 64 MB, 128 MB better. Windows can eat up 30 MB itself and the cache also quite a bit .... If you don't want Windows to use Virtual Memory (disk) which can cause Windows to halt for a few seconds while writing to/from the swap file, then you need at least 64 MB. 6. What operating system are you using in your trading station, Win 95/ Win NT? Win 95 Will install Win98 when available for its MMX support and bug fixes I check a couple of times a month for upgrades for all of my software and drivers and install them promptly ... This can drastically improve the reliability and speed of even older computers 7. What operating system would you recommend others use in their trading station? Win 95, Win98 or Windows NT 8. If the trading station was also being used as Network Address Translation server for two other trading stations connected to a high speed internet connection, 10 megabits per second, what CPU would you recommend? Have no idea. I have a single 20" monitor .... Would like a 24" but they don't exist yet. Multiple monitors don't turn me on, but I can see where others might like them. Hope this helps in some way. John

To: Howard R. Hansen who wrote (374)	6/14/1998 8:05:00 PM
From: Howard R. Hansen	Respond to of 7382

On June 7, 1998 I asked you questions about the configuration of the computer in your trade station. Here are the results I received. I thank all of the participants who responded. 1. How many computers are you using in your trading station? Answers: One and One 2. What CPU are you using in your trading station? Answers: Pentium 133Mhz and 200 MMX Pentium 3. What CPU would you recommend others use in their trading station? Answers: Pentium-II, at least 233Mhz and Pentium II 300 MHZ or faster 4. How much memory are you using in your trading station? Answers: 32 Mb and 128 MB 5. How much memory would you recommend others use in their trading station? Answers: 64 Mb and 128 MB 6. What operating system are you using in your trading station, Win 95/ Win NT? Answers: Win95 and Win 95 7. What operating system would you recommend others use in their trading station? Answers Win 98 and Win98 or Windows NT 8. If the trading station was also being used as Network Address Translation server for two other trading stations connected to a high speed internet connection, 10 megabits per second, what CPU would you recommend? Answer: Never use a Network application together with mission critical (read trading) tasks. I recommend a PC with a Pentium-II 233 Mhz, with 64 Mb Ram running Linux with IP maskerading (same as N.A.T.) and 2 3Com PCI ehterlink card's, they can be bought cheap in a 5-pack, so you have also cards for the other trade stations. Linux can act as your fax/mail/print server, and the RedHat distribution is easy to install, and does a much better job in detecting h/w for plug and play. I have installed it from an FTP server, NFS server, CDROM (SCSI and Parallel port) and ZIP drive connected a parallel port. For those who don't know Linux is FREEWARE, but you have to pay a small fee for the distribution, it's well worth it.