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From: cntrline@CSOS.ORST.EDU (Centerline Computers)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: NetBSD - Few Questions
Date: 11 Aug 1993 11:07:46 GMT
Organization: Centerline Computers, Corvallis, Oregon
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Message-ID: <24aju2$d67@jadzia.CSOS.ORST.EDU>
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Summary: New UNIX User questions

Greetings everyone!  I have a few questions, that I will try to be breif with:

Thanks to help from the 386BSD group, I was able to get my bsd box running --
the problem was the 386DX-40 motherboard that I was using didn't like 3 chip
1Mb SIMM modules.  I replaced it with 9 chip modules, and it is working 
beautifully!  Thanks All!


Now for the questions:

I plan to set up the box with the following ports used, and I plan on running
XFree86 1.3 with an ET4000 board, and Viewsonic V4 SVGA Monitor...

US Robotics 14.4 External Modem (for dial-in/out)
Telebit Trailblazer Plus (for UUCP Xfers with a T2500)
Logitech Bus Mouse
Connection to a MS-DOS 486 machine

ok.. my questions are:

1) Could someone either give me a simple roadmap to the proper files to modify,
   and or utilities to run to enable the ports, for the proper settings
   (most likely, com0=14.4, com1=PEP)

2) I want to use a network board to connect the two machines (or should I just
   use a serial connection between the two units?)  I've seen quite a few
   ethernet boards, and I'm thinking of a 3COM 3c509, or NE2000 board from 
   Arcnet, or others.  The main thing I'm interested in is driver support for
   NetBSD because it's the only thing I'm going to run it with.  Please suggest
   the least hassle free board, with the best driver support (if possible)...

3) Is it possible to run X on a DOS machine, with the above network board?  Is
   there any PD software available to do this?  If not, what are the commercial
   packages, and who makes them, or which one is the best?  [optimally, is there
   one that will run X in a windows 3.1 window? -- dreaming?]

4) What is a good 4 or 8 port board with 16550's, and lines for modem support?
   I plan on eventually running multiple modems, (14.4's), and I'd like to have
   a board that would support modems rather than terminals, as I plan on setting
   up other nodes on the network with ethernet boards rathern than serial dumb
   terminals.

5) Is there any work being done on a driver for Colorado's Trakker 250 tape drive
   (Parallel Port QIC Tape Drive for DOS)?  

6) Is there a specific CD-ROM Distribution system (like SLS for Linux), for NetBSD?
   (I'm going to get NetBSD 0.9 on August 23rd! <crossing fingers>, but I'd like
    to know of it for future reference)

7) Does anybody know if NetBSD 0.9, or any patch kits for 386BSD are available for
   allowing 4 serial ports (I've loosely followed the sio questions), if I change
   the IRQ to a unique one for each of the ports?  (the I/O boards I'm using allow
   for com0-3, and several IRQ's...) just an idea.


That does it for me for today!  I sure hope some kind soul will wade through the
questions, and provide me with a proper direction to go to!  I'm one of these
"point me in the right direction, and I'll keep going till I get it" kind of guys <g>

Thanks for the help!
 Eric




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