Arnd Grossmann´s hardware recommendations
(state of may 1999)

The suggested hardware-components found below have been chosen regarding their suitability for the operating systems OS/2 Warp4 and Linux. Hardware meeting these demands is considered to work with DOS, WIN9x or NT, too.

type

product

approx. price

OS/2

Linux

processor

AMD K6-2, 400 mhz
AMD K6-2, 450 mhz

190,00 DM
250,00 DM

OK
OK

OK
OK

mainboard

ASUS P5A (ATX, 100 mhz, Socket-7)

187,00 DM

OK

OK

memory

SD-Ram, PC-100, 128 MB

220,00 DM

OK

OK

graphics-board

Matrox Millennium G200

210,00 DM

OK

OK

controller

SCSI: Adaptec 2940U2W
IDE: onboard

360,00 DM

OK
OK

OK
OK

Hard disk

SCSI: IBM DDRS-34560 (4,5 GB UW)
IDE: IBM DTTA351010 (10,1 GB)

370,00 DM
310,00 DM

OK
OK

OK
OK

CD-ROM

SCSI: Plextor UltraPlex 32
Plextor UltraPlex 40
IDE: Pioneer (40x)

179,00 DM
190,00 DM
105,00 DM

OK
OK
OK

OK
OK
OK

mouse

Logitech Pilot PS/2

19,00 DM

OK

OK

monitor

Iiyama Vision Master Pro 400 (17«)

815,00 DM

OK

OK

printer

Epson Stylus Color 850
Lexmark 3200 Color Jet

559,00 DM
350,00 DM

OK
OK

OK

ISDN adapter

ELSA Quickstep 1000pro

160,00 DM

OK

OK

changable disk

IOMEGA ZIP SCSI (neither IDE nor parallel !!)

280,00 DM

OK

OK






organizer

3COM Palm Pilot IIIx

660,00 DM

OK

OK

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