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3 Oct 2024 23:25:35 EDT (-0400)
  Re: New computer:-)  
From: Spider
Date: 3 May 1999 16:08:16
Message: <372DF2B4.328D4D5F@bahnhof.se>
well, I'de recommend you to download the updated parts for 6.0 ... It's worth
it..
(well, I messed up my glibc files... Time to reinstall a _lot_ :-)

Thomas Lake wrote:
> 
> Funny you should mension that I just bought Red Hat Linux 5.2 and I'm about to
> install it on a 1.3 GIG partition.
> 
> "Jon A. Cruz" wrote:
> 
> > Thomas Lake wrote:
> >
> > > Hi everyone I just cot a new computer! Weeeee! Its a PII 400MHz with
> > > 64MB of ram and a Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT video card and a Sound
> > > Blaster PCI128 sound card. I've just finished re-installing most of my
> > > win98 stuff and I'd be interested to see how much faster the new
> > > computer is at pov-ray. If anyone out there has a simple image with
> > > render time and parse time specs for a PII-233 with 64MB of ram (That's
> > > what my old computer was) I'd very much like to have it so I can see how
> > > much faster my new computer renders. I don't know if it will make a huge
> > > difference though, I don't have any more RAM than before, but it is the
> > > new faster ram and the system buss is running at 100Mhz.
> > >
> > > Anyway if you think this post is way off topic or you think I'm just
> > > gloating about my new comp too much then just let me know and I'll
> > > cancel the message, PLEASE don't flame me though, just post a kindly
> > > worded message asking to remove it:-)
> >
> > Well, after you get that new memory installed, go and get a Linux CD and do
> > some real power computing. POV-Ray, Enlightenment, Gimp,
> > Zooooooooooooomm!!!
> > RedHat 6.0 was just released, and if you don't want to spend the $39 on it,
> > just get a cheapbytes CD for $1.99

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