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From: lunde@cs.tu-berlin.de (Lars Grupe)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: SIS chipsets
Date: 9 May 1993 02:20:05 GMT
Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany
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cyb!loodvrij@fredbox.cts.com writes:
>I'm in the enviable position of being about to buy a system specifically for
>{386,net}bsd. I phoned up about an ad in Computer Shopper about a
>motherboard for this beast, and being a cautious chap I enquired as to what
>sort of motherboard it was. 'Dunno the make, but its made in Taiwan, and has
>the SIS chipset'. So, will it work with bsd, or will it suffer from those
>pesky cache invalidation bugs? The MB in question will be 486DX2-66 EISA.
>BTW, I'm trying to put together a list of hardware that don't work with
>{386,net}bsd to benefit those in just such a position as I, so if you've had
>hardware problems, mail me. If mail to cyb!loodvrij@fredbox.cts.com bounces,
>you can say loodvrij@fredbox.cts.com instead, it just means I have to forward
>it to my box manually. I should be getting a properly registered domain of
>me own soon anyhow.
>Bruce
>-- _______________________________
>Bruce J. Keeler (Ye Olde British Weirdo) | "We are the knights who say: |
>Internet: cyb!loodvrij@fredbox.cts.com | COBOL !!!!!" |
>Voice: (907) 337-8193, Place: Anchorage, AK |_______________________________|
I am running a 486DX-33 board with SIS chipset with NO problems...
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Lars Grupe UID lunde <lunde@cs.tu-berlin.de>
Technische Universitaet Berlin
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