Phil,

I have been thinking about a similar machine with eCS 1.2.  I'm very much
interested in hearing your results.

Please let us know how it goes. :)

-MarkV

In , on 11/15/04 
   at 03:11 PM, "Phil Parker" said:


>I've been running Warp 3/Connect on a Tyan S1590 with an AMD K6-2 400 MHz
>in an AT full-tower case since 1999 (and on a DX-2/66 VLB in the same
>case since 1993 before that).

>On 31 Oct the AT power supply quit. On 10 November I installed a
>replacement. The next day my primary master (boot drive) quit. I give up
>on R&R.

>I'm getting a new case, mobo, processor, RAM etc. -- keeping the HDDs (I
>had more than two -- one will become a new boot drive), CD-RW, ZIP-100,
>etc.

>How's this mobo for eCS 1.2 (ordered Friday)?

>SOYO "SY-KT880 DRAGON 2" KT880 Chipset Motherboard for AMD
Socket A CPU 
>-RETAIL

>Model# SY-KT880 DRAGON 2
>Item # N82E16813139142

>Specifications:
>Supported CPU: AMD Athlon XP/Athlon/Duron Processors
>*Chipset: VIA KT880 + VT8237*
>FSB: 400/333/266MHz
>RAM: 4x DIMM for Dual-Channel DDR400/333/266 Max 4GB
>IDE: 4x ATA 133 up to 4 Devices w/ RAID 0/1/ 0+1/JBOD
>Slots: 1x AGP Pro 8X, 5x PCI
>Ports: 2xPS/2,1xLAN,8xUSB2.0(Rear 4),Audio Ports(1xLPT & 1xCOM by
>bracket) *Onboard Audio: C-Media CMI9780 8-Channel Codec*
>*Onboard LAN: Gigabit Ethernet*
>Onboard SATA/RAID: 4 Serial ATA w/ RAID 0/1/JBOD
>Onboard 1394: 2 Ports by pin headers
>Form Factor: ATX

>Planning an AMD Athlon 2700 or so to put on it, about 2 GB total of DDR
>RAM, probably PC3200 or so, and whatever video card on the SNAP list (Pro
>ordered Friday also) is cheapest with good 2D acceleration. (I have to
>replace a Matrox G200 with something acceptable to the ne mobo.)

>Comments/suggestions/recommendations/etc. welcomed.



Regards,
-Mark



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