I heard that memory prices were going up in the US because companies were
saying that the earthquake in Taiwan cut the supply-- the problem with that
excuse is that Taiwan only supplies the US with 10% of the chips......
-Jen
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> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 11:25 PM
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> Subject: Re: [techtalk] Would like advice on building system
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>
> Cathy James wrote:
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> > Also, what prices can I expected for inexpensive Ethernet cards?
> > I'd like to eventually network this machine with my husband's,
> and configure
> > the 486 I'm replacing to server as an Internet firewall/server.
>
> Seems that you don't need FastEthernet, so you can stick to something like
> Compex RL-2000 card which should be below $20 (at least here in
> Russia). Maybe
> you can find good old 3Com 3c509 card. 3c900 (it's PCI) shouldn't be too
> expensive now, or you can buy 3c905 if you are planning to move
> to 100 MB/s
> later.
>
> If you want to connect only 2 machines, you even don't need a hub
> - you can use
> cross twisted cable.
>
> > Is it realistic to expect to build a nice system for
> $1200 or so?
>
> If you don't need to buy a new monitor, $1200 should be quite enouth.
>
> > I'm not thrilled at what has happened to memory prices
> recently, but what
> > can you do...
>
> Well, prices are going down every day - 64 Mb PC-100 DIMM costed
> about $150 two
> weeks ago, now it's below $120. So maybe it's better to wait for
> a month or so
> or buy 64 Mb first and another 64 or 128 Mb later.
>
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