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To: Howard R. Hansen who wrote (1327)	6/14/1998 8:12:00 PM
From: Howard R. Hansen	Respond to of 14778

On June 7, 1998 I asked the participants of the CyberTrader and Manhattan Beach threads questions about the configuration of the computer in their trade station. Here are the results I received. 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.

To: Howard R. Hansen who wrote (1327)	6/15/1998 3:29:00 AM
From: CountofMoneyCristo	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 14778

Howard, I just recently got a Dell PII 400 (384MB 100mhz SDRAM, with a Diamond Permedia 2, 8MB AGP, 3-D video card) and want to set up four additional monitors, for viewing various online sites. Do I need a video card for each one? Can I get them from any computer store, or should I order direct from Dell? How much $$$ will they set me back? Any recommendations? And what role does display size and resolution play? (I was thinking of four 15-inch Trinitrons). Also, is there anything else I need in order to get this five-monitor set-up to function properly? Dell included a free Windows '98 upgrade with the system but neglected to tell me how to get it. I've heard that a beta version is already available. How do I get it? Thanks in advance for your help! I'm no computer expert and need all the help I can get. If anyone has any other suggestions that would improve the performance of this system (e.g., What is Taskmaster?), they would be most welcome! This is a great thread. One day soon, after I've gained more of an understanding of the technology involved, I hope to be able to add to it.