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From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: *BSD & Gateways??
Date: 11 Feb 1994 10:36:51 GMT
Organization: Montana State University - Bozeman MT
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References: <KRISTYN.94Feb7124412@spiff.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <2jc3r9$1om@pdq.coe.montana.edu> <michaelv.760914877@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu>
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In article <michaelv.760914877@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu>,
Michael L. VanLoon <michaelv@iastate.edu> wrote:
>In <2jc3r9$1om@pdq.coe.montana.edu> nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) writes:
>
>>In article <KRISTYN.94Feb7124412@spiff.gnu.ai.mit.edu>,
>>Kristyn Fayette <kristyn@spiff.gnu.ai.mit.edu> wrote:
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>  This last weekend I tried to get FreeBSD-1.0-RELEASE running on my
>>>Gateway 2000 4DX2-66V (486DX2, 66 Mhz cpu w/ VESA localbus).
>
>>[ Keyboard lockups ]
>
>>This is a known problem with machines with (it appears) PHOENIX BIOS,
>>most notably Gateways experience it.
>
>I think your emphasis is wrong.  The only people I see post about this
>problem are using Gateway machines.  I have a Phoenix BIOS in my ALR
>and I have never had an ounce of keyboard trouble.

I've got DEC pc's locally that experience (Phoenix BIOS) and DEC pc's that
don't experience (AMI BIOS), and Terry Lambert has noted that AT&T/Intel
machines with Phoenix BIOS also experience this problem.

I'm not saying that all PHOENIX BIOS machines experience, but that
appears to be a common thread.


Nate


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