Re: Re: EMC question

>    From: "krnldmp <krnldmp@...>" <krnldmp@...>
> Subject: Re: EMC question
>
> > Yes, hardware can make a difference but it should not make to much
> > of a difference.  
>
> I really didn't think so. For one thing, I'm not actually using that
> much hardware, as you'll see...

> Now Via/Cyrix processors are the most common in my basement.
>
> I accidentally burned my last one of those up a couple years ago. The
> remaining recyclable machine has an AMD 200 in it, and that's what I'm
> running lately.

The 800-966 MHz Via/Cyrix procs are coming back with a vengence. Most
are surface mount on little motherboards that are stuffed into tiny
boxes. WalMart.com had a small 800 MHz desktop for $199 before the new
year. This included 128 meg, cdrom, kbd, mouse, speakers, and Lycoris
Linux. It used almost the same motherboard that Roland and I used for
the HSM article. One difference was that it had a floppy port and one
hard drive port. Wish I'd bought ten!

Distributors are having a bitch of a time keeping these things in stock
because with the rather lean Linux distros and open office, they fly for
desktops and surfers. Not even bad for dual boot with MS-95.

Ray