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To: Dan Spangenberg who wrote (3194)	10/23/1998 3:29:00 AM
From: Alf	Respond to of 14778

Dan Have you checked out Aberdeen for prices ? aberdeeninc.com They have the Abit BH6 / Intel® 300A MHz Celeron™ w/128KB L2 cache for $ 288.97 aberdeeninc.com And you can get Kingston 128 mb at Comp USA for $ 149 Would this be a good combination to start with ? Tim

To: Dan Spangenberg who wrote (3194)	10/23/1998 11:10:00 AM
From: pae	Respond to of 14778

Did you order a mouse, or are only going to just use that wimpy touchpad? :-) lol! Oh, I've got a spare mouse around here somewhere if I find the touchpad too "wimpy." <g> I've cleaned enough mouse balls to be interested in a sealed device. I'm also planning a wire shelving setup (Global catalog p.194) that would work better with integrated pointing devices than with "wild" mice. Add in carpal-tunnel paranoia, and I'll try a sissy-man touchpad. <gg> Have you found touchpads to be less than preferable? For that matter, I recall carpal tunnel discussed here long long ago, but I don't recall a stronger conclusion than 'whatever works for you.' I'm planning to try the ACER Ergo with a negative slope. aberdeeninc.com We'll see how it goes! I might pick up a Nu-form with integraged rollerball and a Nu-form with integraged touchstick for future projects. When I come down with carpal tunnel symdrome, I'll have no clue at all what hardware to blame! Thanks for checking over the setup. I'll wait on delivery before I go out for the IDE cable. For that matter, I've got an older 3.2g Fireball sitting in a box (with cable) that I'll probably put on the secondary channel - so I think the CD-ROM can hang off that cable. I've only ordered 1 monitor, and not from MasterRepair/Armadillo. They report they are out of "clean" 21"ers that they are willing to ship sight-unseen. While I do have an ancient 14" SVGA that I can press into temp service for monitor #2, I may use my 2 vivitron 17" to test the 4 monitor setup, and then pull 2 of the secondary PCI video cards until I fill out my monitor stable. I've got an email into Sir Computers, which according to Pricewatch beats buycomp on price for a G810, but I'd be willing to consider an alternative to waiting for MR/A to get their next shipment of Viewsonic factory seconds. (I've put this computer off for a long time - now I want it NOW! <g>) About the physical setup, if anyone is interested. I'm currently working on GI surplus ugly desks covered with keyboards and pushed up to wall shelves load with monitors & TVs. A little like Phactors setup, but only 17" monitors and only 2 at the moment. I thought I would start over as wiring using wall shelves is terrible. While I admire the simplicity of Street Walkers's big table approach, I feel compelled to attempt a busier setup. I'm looking at 3 24"d x 63"h x 48"l wire shelves on 5" castors. I'll be able to pull them from the wall to tweak my wiring, dust, install/wire new components and them push them back to the wall to conserve space. Air flow should be good also. I'll arrange in an "L" verging on a "U", with a 48" pull out drawer on the middle shelf with 1 keyboard drawer on either flanker. Towers go on the bottom, topped by 2 horizontal rows of monitors. TVs go high on the wall. Printers, ZIP, BMI receiver, speakers, Net hub fill gaps. I'm a pacer, I usually spend a large part of the day on my feet and I'll set the keyboard drawers & pull-out shelf at about 43" from the floor - about elbow height. (I read an article about how keeping moving avoids that 2pm snooze symdrome.) I'll need a paper-oriented surface somewhere - haven't worked that out yet. Might do something custom with fibreboard & formica & square tube legs. Might just pull a desk up at the top of the "U." I don't have the room to go with a NETCOM 3 setup (Global catalog). Have a hard time with those prices, too. Whew! That got long! Thanks, Dan & all for your help! Paul