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From: hdslip@iii1.iii.net (HD Associates)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Gateway 2000 and FreeBSD2.0
Date: 24 Jan 1995 17:35:44 -0500
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In article <3fgnhq$8k4@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de>, J Wunsch <j@uriah.sax.de> wrote:
>Josh Minor <jminor@cory.Berkeley.EDU> wrote:
>
>>	I am considering buying a Gateway2000 P4D-66 in the near future and
>>I would like to know if anyone has had any experience (good or bad) with
>>running FreeBSD2.0 on one.
>
>Some of the Gateway 2000 mainboards (hmm, and you'll never actually
>know what's inside until you've got the box and opened the case :)

This is Truth.  I've been working at a site with Gateway 2000's with
the model number "486VLB-33" or something.

If you open them up you'll see the same case, same model number, same monitor,
and two completely different motherboards.

The exact motherboard that Joerg refers to is the Micronic's Gemini 486VL.
I'm not sure if this problem is a reason to avoid GW2000 - I've been
running 386bsd since the early days and the problem was only around
in 2.0.

Peter
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