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To: Clarence Dodge who wrote (3471)	11/12/1998 12:36:00 PM
From: pae	Respond to of 14778

Clarence, HE'S IN MY BRAIN Gee, I hope not ... it could get crowded. <g> I did have a high degree of empathy for your posts concerning what was taking PCNUT so long. I was waiting (quite impatiently) for deliveries from 6 firms I hadn't dealt with yet at that time. Concerning your best assembler not having your choice MB: I went thru the same thing trying to tailor my specs to various assembler's inventory, taking hits on price and selection. I eventually threw caution to the winds, and ordered to suit myself from 6 different suppliers (1 supplier was shelving/desk only). (Having worked through some unrelated optimization coursework - I eventually learned to limit the variables being optimized in order to encourage a reasonable solution in my lifetime. <G>) One last DIY thought: price Win98/OEM as a hedge toward up and running quickly; calculate cost of running all items thru 1 assembler versus 2 or 3 sources at best price (don't forget shipping). Compare W98 and "assembly risk" against delay plus premium paid to source and assemble from one supplier. Good luck, Paul

To: Clarence Dodge who wrote (3471)	11/12/1998 1:55:00 PM
From: jw	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14778

And their SC 750A cases are on backorder have you or anyone looked at California PC Product Cases? calpc.com The 714A00, 20½"-H, 7½-W, 22½-D, lots of elbow room, reseller price $150. Don't know about delivery, 1-800-394-4122, . Just thinking out loud Regards, /jw edit; call for catalog.

To: Clarence Dodge who wrote (3471)	11/12/1998 3:21:00 PM
From: Dave Hanson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Few more thoughts, hopefully helpful: -I don't think that an NT install will be that bad for 2 reasons: you're using good components without lots of unusual variables, and you're starting from scratch, so no clogged registries, upgrade hassles, or software incompatibilities. Just remember to use something like drive image liberally, every time you update the system. Then, whenever it gets screwed up later (and it will), you'll just zip yourself back to the previous install. -Why do you want the Aopen over the Abit? Aopen has a good rep, but the abit is in wider use by customizers, and may have better tech support resources on-line with news groups, b-boards, and assemblers (I've had good luck.) Not a minor factor. -I ask this in part because I'm sympathetic about your wanting help this time through. If Minotaur has everything but the aopen and SM 750, perhaps he can handle it all for you for a good price if you do someting like the InWinn and the Abit. If the tesimonials on resellerratings.com are to be believed, he'll give you good and very prompt tech support. (He's also got a nice price on Dan's Malay celeron 300a, about as good as can be had anywhere.) Just thinking aloud. Hope this helps.

To: Clarence Dodge who wrote (3471)	11/12/1998 7:35:00 PM
From: Spots	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14778

>>My largest anxiety is getting NT setup and working in the shortest amount of time. Well, it's a bit traumatic, but many have survived it. There are some clocks to punch, but get it set up first. From IDE it's a piece of cake if you can decide how to partition things. Once set up, take some care in preparing for crashes of various kinds. There have been a number of posts here about it. I'm not talking about KOT strategies; I'm talking about more basic recovery procedures. The NT literature for some reason is obscure about the most elementary things. Probably time for a refresher on this thread, as we seem to be getting more and more early NT users, so once you get it set up, post back for more discussion on this topic.

To: Clarence Dodge who wrote (3471)	11/12/1998 8:35:00 PM
From: Howard R. Hansen	Respond to of 14778

And their SC 750A cases are on backorder. This appears to be normal for Super Micro's SC 750A cases. I ordered a SC 750A case on 8-19-98 and didn't get it until in 9-9-98. I like it and suggest if you want one you order it a couple of weeks before you order your other components. This case was a bigger stumper than the case pae purchased. It took me over a half an hour to figure out how to take the side panels off. No disassembly instructions were included.