> From: "Austad, Jay" <austad at marketwatch.com>
> To: "'tclug-list at lists.real-time.com'" <tclug-list at lists.real-time.com>
> Subject: RE: [TCLUG] {off topic} Tranmicro systems
> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 23:06:31 -0600
> Reply-To: tclug-list at lists.real-time.com
>
> Most people I know have been buying AMD Thunderbirds and Abit KT7-RAID
> boards and are very happy with them.  http://www.mwave.com is probably
> cheaper on the board and chip combos, but Tran is much better on memory,
and
> you don't have to pay shipping.
>
> Jay

I have a 900MHz Thunderbird and Abit KT7-RAID. I would suggest staying
away from ATI video cards if you get the KT7. ATI does not seem to eager
to endorse AMD CPU's. The box of my Radeon All-In-Wonder says a PIII is
required.

For lack of time, I have yet to try to get Linux running on this box, but
Win2K runs very well. Win98 hangs during video capture.

BTW, my current project is capturing my laserdisc collection, encoding
with MP4 (DivX) and burning to CD-R. I'd appreciate pointers to software
(free or not) that will allow me to do this on Linux.

Chris