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From: stowaway@bronze.lcs.mit.edu (Jef Pearlman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: XFree/86, BSD, and a New System
Date: 21 May 1994 12:31:32 -0400
Organization: MIT LCS guest machine
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I am planning on purchasing a new 80x86 based system very soon, and I plan
on running MS-DOS (possibly under OS/2) on one 540 meg IDE hd and most likely a
flavour of BSD with XFree/86 on another 540 meg IDE. I have a couple of quick
questions...
(NOTE: It would be easier if you replied by mail so as not to waste bandwidth
and so I can get it ASAP. Thanx!)
1) I remeber there is/used to be a list of supported video boards posted
periodically, but I can't seem to locate it. All I remember is that certain
(ie: Viper) diamond products were not supported beyond generic VGA modes,
and that cards such as the ATI Mach32 were. I was planning on using this
card because it fits my general needs, but it seems I may not be able to
get it. One card available is the Matrox Atlas, but I have no knowledge of
it. If someone could direct me to the supported cards list, I would be very
grateful. Also, if anyone has any recommendations for any of the cards
mentioned, or others, please mail me.
2) I have noticed throughout the flame wars (especially when the Free/NetBSD
merger was decided against) that each platform has it's own points --
advantages and disadvantages. If someone could point me to a place where I
could find these features (or tell me some of the highlights) so I could
decide which to use, it would be helpful.
3) Can someone point me to where I can get a multiple-boot program that will
let me run Unix opposite DOS or OS/2 (undecided as of yet) -- also if there
is more than one available where I could find the differences or what the
major differences are. (For the above mentioned system)
4) Anything else you think it would be important for me to know that I might
not have picked up while scanning the BSD newsgroups.
Thanks!
Jef Pearlman
(stowaway@bronze.lcs.mit.edu)
p.s. Possibly more to come, I appreciate all the help...
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