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From: michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Newest hardware support?
Date: 17 Aug 1994 00:56:12 GMT
Organization: HeadCandy Associates... Playing with your mind
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In-reply-to: michael@osg.saic.com's message of Tue, 16 Aug 1994 18:40:44 GMT
cc: michael@osg.saic.com
In article <Cun57x.6G0@deneb.pulse-sys.com> michael@osg.saic.com (Michael Miller) writes:
EMAIL responses to michael@osg.saic.com -- do not post replies; I will
summarize for the net, if asked. (Sysadmin hasn't put this group up on
the local news system)
Since I'm already in followup mode, and other people often like to see
the answers to these questions, too, I'm posting anyway, although I've
cc;d to the original author.
1. The quote is for a 486DX4 75MHz, 256K sram, 2VLB, 8 EISA slots. It
has a HOT 419 motherboard which runs the AMI BIOS. Has anyone used
the HOT 419 board with {Net,Free}BSD?
Never heard of it, but that doesn't mean much. I'd call the
distributor and ask to talk to a technician, then make sure that the
board will let EISA peripherals access more than 16MB from the bus --
there are some low-ball EISA boards that won't (though I don't
understand how that could save a significant amount of money).
However, if the board is *REALLY* cheap, this is possibly the case.
2. Does anyone have a suggested distributor for BusLogic SCSI
controllers?
I have an EISA bus BusLogic bt747s. It's an excellent controller --
I'm happy with it. I bought it from a company named ``V.I.P. Data
Systems'' (they advertise in computer shopper), and was satisfied with
their price and support. Their number is 800-352-1150. BusLogic's
number, in case you need to ask some real technical question, is
408-492-9090.
I've also purchased several other items (28.8k modems, Hayes ESP
cards, etc.) from CDW (Computer Discount Warehouse), who always has
multi-page ads in Computer Shopper, and have had excellent results
with them. They were more than happy to take back a 4-port 16550 card
from me and trade it for a couple Hayes ESP cards when I decided the
16550 card wasn't fast enough for me (of course, I had to pay the
difference ;-), but they didn't give me any hassles). They probably
also carry BusLogic cards. Recommended -- their number is
800-800-4CDW.
3. Does anyone know a part number (and purchase location(s)) for the
newer Number 9 cards (S924 chip, I believe). Still needs to be a VLB tho.
No help here, sorry.
PS. If anybody has a great source for the equipment listed above
(hard drives, CD-ROMs, tape backups (looking for Exabyte/other to
supplement ES5525 (I already own the 5525)), etc), I am interested in
phone numbers, prices (if you care to share them), dates purchases
were made, contact persons, etc.
Call CDW and see what they can do for you. My salesman is Carl Nelson
x7206, if you want to talk to someone who I know is competent.
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Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com michaelv@iastate.edu
Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x for PC/Mac/Amiga/etc.
Working NetBSD ports: 386+PC, Mac, Amiga, HP300, Sun3, Sun4c, PC532
In progress: DEC pmax (MIPS R2k/3k), VAX, Sun4m
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