Some more (PC) novice questions

Craig Ruff (cruff@niwot.scd.ucar.edu)
Wed, 5 Jul 1995 14:50:29 -0600

I'm seriously looking into putting together a system based on the NoName
board. I have some questions after looking over the FAQ and browsing
the Web. (Take into consideration I am a Mac and Unix Workstation weenie,
with no experience with PC type machines and their peripherals.)

The ATI Graphics Pro Turbo video board looks attractive. It uses
the ATI Mach64 chip set, for which full programming documentation
(including the accelleration stuff) is available. The FAQ only
mentions Mach64, but as far as I can tell from their web page
(http://www.atitech.ca/), ATI doesn't sell a board of that name.
Has anyone tried this specific board or either of the others that
use the Mach64 chips?

Does anyone have any favorite keyboards that have the control and escape
keys in the "proper Unix geek" positions? Or one that is easily adjustable
or remappable. I assume that when X is running I can just use xmodmap
like I do now on my SGI at work.

Any favorite 3 button mice and/or trackpads?

Craig Ruff NCAR cruff@ncar.ucar.edu
(303) 497-1211 P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307