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From: jkh@whisker.lotus.ie (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Subject: Re: FreeBSD: Does it solve the 16M problem
In-Reply-To: juliane@belfast.dcd.wa.gov.au's message of 13 Sep 1993 10: 55:21 +0800
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>Unfortunatly we don't (as far as I know) have a DTC driver..

Nope.  You CAN use the DTC in Adaptec mode, as someone I know has
already proven.

>You forget that we have TWO EISA drivers (aha1742 and bt742) and 
>can also run two VESA scsi controllers..

Well whack me sideways, I didn't know the bt742 was EISA.  Ok,
I stand very much corrected.

>so in fact if you have a VESA/ISA machine, htere is hope, if you get
>one of the two VESA boards. (VESA is also 32 bits).

Here as well.  Thanks, Julian!

				Jordan
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Jordan Hubbard  jkh@violet.berkeley.edu, jkh@al.org, jkh@whisker.lotus.ie