best boxen?

[Bob Hemus]

On Tue, 2006-08-29 at 22:24 -0400, Ric Moore wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-08-22 at 19:32 -0700, Bob Hemus wrote:
> > On Tue, 2006-08-22 at 18:26 -0600, Collins Richey wrote:
> > > On 8/22/06, Bob Hemus <ol.bob at sisqtel.net> wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 2006-08-22 at 14:28 -0500, Mike Reinehr wrote:
> > > > > On Tuesday 22 August 2006 01:45 pm, Net Llama! wrote:
> > > > > > On Tue, 22 Aug 2006, Mike Reinehr wrote:
> > > > > ><snip>
> > > In general, I echo the recommendations about HP. The only problem I
> > > have is that most HP units these days come with crap ATI cards. Maybe
> > > that situation will improve with the AMD takeover, but at present our
> > > HP RHEL4 units with latest ATI drivers lock up frequently - problems
> > > with gl screensavers and switching consoles and restarting the X
> > > server.
> > Probably won't be a problem in our office.  About all we use is the 
> > water program, it's a billing app, Quick Books, and M$ Office.
> > Nothing really cutting edge.
> 
> I worked at the HighPoint NC filtration plant, everything computerized
> including all pumps, lifts, chemical feeds, tower filling, all specs and
> pressures, way cool!! Ran on M$ though, but I bet it could all be ported
> to Linux. Ric
We just finished building a million gallon tank that is computer controlled.  
Ashamed to say I haven't even talked to the Manager about the software that
takes care of the works.  I just assumed it was something simple? DOS or?  
I'll have to find out.  Probably be some time next week beforre I can get
back to it.
Bob