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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:1128 comp.os.386bsd.questions:5438 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU!ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au!lugb!latcs1!wongm Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: PC hardware technical books recommended please! Etherlink III driver ? Message-ID: <CE2n0D.32E@latcs1.lat.oz.au> From: wongm@latcs1.lat.oz.au (M.C. Wong) Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1993 15:57:48 GMT Organization: Comp Sci, La Trobe Uni, Australia Lines: 37 Hi, I realize that this might not be the right place to post this question, please direct me to else where if you can. I am pretty new to playing with PC hardware (< 1 yr) seriously, and when running *BSD on a 486/33, I realize it is important for me to know more technical details/untold/tips on every piece of hardware on my machine, I therefore wish someone can recommend some (very) good (very) technical books on PC hardware, including (not limited to) HDD (IDE, SCSI, ESDI etc), buses (ISA, EISA, VESA), memory, network cards, serial ports etc. I know basic stuff about those items, but I like to learn more about things like "how SCSI-2 fast transfer rate can be limited by different bus type" etc! Also, I can't seem to find relevant info on writing driver for differnet hardware, and I am interested in doing it. Reason being that when ever I try to get hold of a new piece of hardware I am at the mercy of the available drivers and support of the OS (eg : Etherlink III driver fofr *BSD), and I wish I could write the driver myself, and that solves all the unnecessary waiting for one to come into the net. I wonder where can I get hold of hardware interface/programming manuals, since vendors don't supply these kind of things even if you ask, and I am sick of asking and getting no where! Also, if someone can recommend any good books on building, maintaining and repairing 486, that will be great, as I realized that many people do that in USA, but here in Australia, users and vendors are really two mutually exclusive categories, and as a result they can reap more profits from those who are not technically-know-how category like myself! Please email me any recommendation if you can or direct me to other newsgroup. Many thanks in advance! Finally, is driver for EtherLink III (3c509) ready for *BSD yet ? - wongm@latcs1.lat.oz.au (M.C Wong) -- - wongm@latcs1.lat.oz.au