[tech] CS computers

[Grahame Bowland]

On Thu, Oct 26, 2000 at 06:48:54PM +0800, Anil Sharma wrote:
> What do people think about getting a few of those CS computers, a 100mb 
> card for each one and making a cluster out of them. Rip out the HDs for 
> other uses, use the monitors, keyboards and mice for the celeries and it 
> doesn't cost too much.  Could do it beowulf or (correct me if I am, 
> probably, wrong) Hurd.

They have the nice Sony fifteen inch monitors. I reckon we should get a couple;
we can afford $700. Why not make them console boxes, though? We have plenty of 
486s to make a Beowulf cluster.

If we have two P200s with decent monitors; two celeron boxes (one with Mussel's 
current monitor, the other with the nice 15" Sony we already have) and our 
existing gear the clubroom would have so much more nice gear. It'd be a great 
end to the year, with so much nice new stuff :)

Is there some way we can approve this before the committee meeting? If I were 
E&EE looking at them I'd think "wow, we can replace the entire crap student 
NT lab with stuff twice as fast for little money".

Cheers,
Grahame