ccastdd@prism.gatech.EDU (David Preston Dykes) (02/16/91)
I clipped this out of a relatively old artical: |> >| Thomas probably won't object to donations. But with an 1MB ET4000 VGA card |> >| selling at 250-280 DM right now, may be it's time to trash that absolete |> >| Paradize board. |> > |> > I think that the ET4000 should be first priority, since the price is |> >just coming down the the range of working people ($200-300). |> |> So which is the best ET4000 card? (And what's a good price on an 8514 card |> for comparison?) |> Please forgive me for posting this to this group but only here will it reach its intended audiance. I have an STB PowerGraph with 1Mb that I will sell for $200. This card employs the ET4000 chipset for which Thomas Roell wrote his now famous server, in addition it comes with drivers for mswindows 3.0 (sic), autocad/shade and most of the other biggies. If you have any further questions please just ask. ________________________________________________________________________________ r--_____ r---__ r--_____ | | \ |_____) | \ |"Byte me!" L_______/avid |reston L_______/ykes| -me David Preston Dykes -User Assistant| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 uucp: ...!{decvax,hplabs,ncar,purdue,rutgers}!gatech!prism!ccastdd Internet: ccastdd@prism.gatech.edu
davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr) (02/18/91)
In article <22110@hydra.gatech.EDU> ccastdd@prism.gatech.EDU (David Preston Dykes) writes: | I have an STB PowerGraph with 1Mb that I will sell for $200. | This card employs the ET4000 chipset for which Thomas Roell wrote his | now famous server, in addition it comes with drivers for mswindows 3.0 (sic), | autocad/shade and most of the other biggies. If you have any further questions | please just ask. And if you miss this bargain you can get a SWAN board, with ET4000, 1MB, and a waranty for $199. It comes with drivers, but I only run UNIX so I don't particular care which one's. If you do, you should call and ask, their phone people were very sharp, a real surprise. When I called I didn't have the part number, but I asked for a 1MB board with ET4000 and they knew which one it was. They knew about asking if I wanted the interlaced or non model (unfortunately separate boards), and when I asked about UNIX they kew Xenix and ISC worked, which is loads better than I usually get. Price dropped from $229 to $199 w/ 1MB recently, so I won by waiting. -- bill davidsen - davidsen@sixhub.uucp (uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen) sysop *IX BBS and Public Access UNIX moderator of comp.binaries.ibm.pc and 80386 mailing list "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me
gk@kksys.mn.org (Greg Kemnitz) (02/28/91)
In article <3221@sixhub.UUCP> davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes: |In article <22110@hydra.gatech.EDU> ccastdd@prism.gatech.EDU (David Preston Dykes) writes: || I have an STB PowerGraph with 1Mb that I will sell for $200. ||This card employs the ET4000 chipset for which Thomas Roell wrote his ||now famous server, in addition it comes with drivers for mswindows 3.0 (sic), ||autocad/shade and most of the other biggies. If you have any further questions ||please just ask. | | And if you miss this bargain you can get a SWAN board, with ET4000, |1MB, and a waranty for $199. It comes with drivers, but I only run UNIX ... and in case anyone cares, I have a few of the STB boards populated with 512K, socketed for the full 1 MB, that I overbought on... I am asking $149, and will include chips to update them to 1 MB for an additional $30, for a net of $179 on a full 1 MB board. -- Greg Kemnitz / K and K Systems / PO Box 47804 / Plymouth, MN 55447-0804 Domain: gk@kksys.mn.org / UUCP: ...!uunet!tcnet!kksys!gk Voice: +1 612 475 1527 / Fax: +1 612 475 3902 - extension 88
fangchin@leland.Stanford.EDU (Chin Fang) (03/01/91)
In article <3305@kksys.mn.org> gk@kksys.mn.org (Greg Kemnitz) writes: >In article <3221@sixhub.UUCP> davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes: >|In article <22110@hydra.gatech.EDU> ccastdd@prism.gatech.EDU (David Preston Dykes) writes: >|| I have an STB PowerGraph with 1Mb that I will sell for $200. >||This card employs the ET4000 chipset for which Thomas Roell wrote his >||now famous server, in addition it comes with drivers for mswindows 3.0 (sic), >||autocad/shade and most of the other biggies. If you have any further questions >||please just ask. >| >| And if you miss this bargain you can get a SWAN board, with ET4000, >|1MB, and a waranty for $199. It comes with drivers, but I only run UNIX > >... and in case anyone cares, I have a few of the STB boards populated >with 512K, socketed for the full 1 MB, that I overbought on... I am >asking $149, and will include chips to update them to 1 MB for an >additional $30, for a net of $179 on a full 1 MB board. To add some fun into this "bargain" thread, last week a friend of mine bought a ET4000 based card with *ONE MEG* made by Boca Research from a mail order place in Arizona, called Warehouse 54, for $158 (Fed Exp 2nd day shipping included). He is quite happy with it using it for MSWIN3.x apps. I don't know whether it's good for Thomas Roell's server however, since I don't have it's spec. BTW, Warehouse 54 -> 1-800-955-0054 a number you can find in Computer Shoppers. Standard Disclaimer: I have no affiliation whatsoever with either Boca Research or Warehouse 54. The statements above are strictly for info only. Check it out however with the Tech Support of Boca Research however. Chin Fang Mechanical Engineering Department Stanford University fangchin@leland.stanford.edu