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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!netcomsv!netcom.com!hasty From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) Subject: Re: Hardware Requirements Message-ID: <hastyC82789.6Cs@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <1993May31.202221.2013@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu> <1ukgb0$i8c@cleese.apana.org.au> Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1993 18:55:20 GMT Lines: 34 In article <1ukgb0$i8c@cleese.apana.org.au> newton@cleese.apana.org.au (Mark Newton) writes: >jtillema@hindmost.lpl.arizona.edu (John Tillema) writes: >> Could someone post what sort of buses are supported by >> either Net or 386 BSD? Mainly does it support local buses? >> The FAQ says ISA/EISA are supported, but says nothing >> about local buses. > >My system has two VESA local bus slots, and it works fine. VLbus >cards look like ISA bus cards as far as software is concerned. > >> Also, I'm going to be buying a system soon and >> am debating between going for either a 16 Meg of Ram/66 MHz or >> 8/33MHz system (with a 245 or greater drive in both cases). Which is >> more important when running BSD & X-windows? > >X is a real slug unless you have at least 16Mb of RAM. Trust me, >you /don't/ want a system with 8Mb of RAM if you want to do anything >serious with it. > It depends on your X server and graphics card. The PCs benefit tremendously by a graphics co-processor such as the S3 801 or S3 928. I have been running with 8MB of ram for about 1.5 year. Amancio -- This message brought to you by the letters X and S and the number 3 Amancio Hasty | Home: (415) 495-3046 | ftp-site depository of all my work: e-mail hasty@netcom.com | sunvis.rtpnc.epa.gov:/pub/386bsd/incoming