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from: Ray Davison
date: 2004-09-28 14:53:22
subject: Re: OS/2 and Athlon 64 compatibility

Mike O'Connor wrote:
>>
>>My current project is to create a TV recorder.  That, because of 
>>software availability, will be a Win box.  Do you think an AMD 64 is 
>>overkill?

> Ray,
> Probably massive overkill!
> i'm not in a position to evaluate that leading-edge technology - Daniela 
> Engert, of driver fame, I know is running an AMD64 system, but what 
> motherboard that's on I don't know.

This is what Dani posted.

Mobo: GigaByte K8VNXP (VIA K8T800 & VT8237), northbridge fan removed
due to too much noise
CPU:  Athlon64 3200+
Mem:  2x 512MiB INFINEON DDR400
HSF:  Thermaltake Silent Boost K8, original fan ripped of due to too
much noise, replaced by VERAX fan
PSU:  QTechnology QT-02400A 400W with dual PAPST fan
Disk: Hitachi HDS722516VLSA80 160GB SATA

> What did the Elite Computer Systems say when you contacted them about 
> the problems?

Haven't tried that yet.  I don't expect much from then.  They did 
however include an OS/2 NIC driver, so who knows.
> 
> I wish the quality of the TV signal I receive was good enough to record!
> 
We got cable out here a few years ago.  So now we have TV and 
broadband.  Before that it was a translator and dialup.

Ray




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