SCSI? Sorry, but that's just not cost-effective, even when sifting through the junk pile. And, instead of a monstrous tower case, why not try a Mini-ITX box? More than enough storage and computing power could be put into a system smaller and lighter than most of the books I lugged around throughout college (well, probably not quite, but damn close). Another alternative might be to find an older laptop and get some CardBus adapters for 1394 and 100Mbit Ethernet, and just use external FireWire drives for storage. Those things can be daisy-chained to your heart's content. A smaller system could be better because it would allow you to more easily bring it to Real-Time or the U of M to rsync with the big mirrors there, freeing you from the need to keep it plugged in somewhere, syncing continuously... But, that's just my opinion. A stone-soup system would be cheaper and more eco-friendly (well, meaning nothing new was made), so it's just something to think about... -- _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ __ What happens if you touch / \/ \(_)| ' // ._\ / - \(_)/ ./| ' /(__ these two wires tog- \_||_/|_||_|_\\___/ \_-_/|_|\__\|_|_\ __) [ Mike Hicks | http://umn.edu/~hick0088/ | mailto:hick0088 at tc.umn.edu ] -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20030929/170bad2d/attachment.pgp