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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA1242 ; Tue, 23 Feb 93 14:31:54 EST Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!tinman.mke.ab.com!tdphette From: tdphette@mke.ab.com (Thad Phetteplace x4461) Subject: Re: VL local bus based motherboards? Message-ID: <1993Feb12.164031.15703@tinman2> Sender: usenet@tinman2 (NetNews server account) Nntp-Posting-Host: toejam Organization: Allen-Bradley Co. X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4 References: <1laf5sINN9n0@uniwa.uwa.edu.au> Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1993 16:40:31 GMT Lines: 26 hart@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Colin 't Hart) writes: : Hi, : : Has anyone had any experience with VL local bus based motherboards? : Does 386BSD work on these? All the rest of the slots are ISA slots. : Only video cards are currently available (as far as I know) for the VL : bus, but HDD controllers are supposed to be coming. : This would make 386BSD a lot faster with swap space. : : Any problems, suggestions or comments? A friend of mine put 386BSD on his 486/66Mhz Localbus system. He has a 32 bit localbus IDE controler and a 32 bit localbus SVGA board. The system is FAST. The disk goes like a batoutahell and the screen updates are quick. No problems with the drive support but we are not sure about XFree86 and his VGA board. -- Thad Phetteplace Network Systems Analyst, Allen-Bradley Co. Phone: (414)382-4461 Email: tdphette@mke.ab.com The opinions expressed here are entirely my own and not that of my employer. I am not a slob, I am simply doing an experiment in domestic entropy!