Date:         Sat, 13 Feb 1999 00:30:27 -0600
Reply-To:     Blue Eyes <lvlearn@MCI2000.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Blue Eyes <lvlearn@MCI2000.COM>
Organization: Vexation Computer
Subject:      Re: Dual P90 CPUs vs. dual 166 or 200 overdrive chips?
Comments: To: David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
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Dave said, "Gerry has Dual P90 CPUs - when it is doing LISTSERV the utilization
is [on both CPUs] 75% or so.  When doing a web search [both CPUs] it is pegged
to 100% and it can usually never get the job done - thus times out."

For peanuts on Ebay, we could pick up a pair of what ever the fastest overdrive
chip that HP motherboard will accept.  HP's site will tell what it can accept,
but I think 166 5-volt overdrives fit most everything back to the stone age.
166/90 = 184% if Gerry's CPU speed is a significant bottleneck.

What's the speed, access time and size of the drive?  Could the archive with
search software be backed up on a CDR?  That way we could combine the functions
of back-up and providing CD copies to list members.   I just bought a 100
blanks for $120, so they aren't as expensive as one bubble envelope plus
postage to send it through the US mail.  I haven't looked at the Canadian
Postal rate page recently.  Is there something wrong with spending less to get
more?

For List members who are always exchanging items, all you need to use rate
pages is the sending zip code, the receiving zip code, and the parcel weight.
Then enter that data at one of these:
United States Mail service rate page:
Http://postcalc.usps.gov/itds/owa/calculator.home

United Parcel Service rate page and parcel tracking numbers:
Http://www.ups.com/using/services/rave/rate.html

For light packages, US mail is often cheaper, but UPS is cheaper
for heavier packages and includes $100 insurance.

John
"Confusion reigns, but it never pours."