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From: michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: Netbsd on 486 dx hardware.
Date: 13 May 1995 05:21:11 GMT
Organization: HeadCandy Associates... Sweets for the lobes.
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In-reply-to: root@garbled.upt.org's message of 10 May 1995 06:35:42 GMT
In article <3opmru$r5@news4.primenet.com> root@garbled.upt.org (Charlie Root) writes:
I currently own a 486 DLC50 with 4megs of memory. I'm planning to
buy an additional 16megs. My question is, will this cause any problems?
I have heard stories about problems with having more than 16megs on a 486..
So I need to know if this is going to be a problem.
The problem is only if you use bus-mastering ISA-bus hardware with
more than 16MB of RAM (like an Adaptec 1542 ISA SCSI controller).
486-50
20megs mem
16bit IDE controller
VESA Buslogic SCSI-2 controller (245c?)
bt445c, IRQ 11
VESA GXE #9 Pro w/ 2meg vram expandable to 4.
3 serial ports : irq 3 4 5
1 printer port : irq 7
1 SMC Elite 16 10baseT/AUI card (running on 10, selectable for 9,10,3)
Does anyone see a potential problem with this?
Looks like it should work just fine. My biggest concern would be the
DLC chip (regardless of the amount of memory). But, since that
already seems to be running OK for you, it should continue to do so.
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Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com
--< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >--
NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac, Amiga, HP300, Sun3, Sun4, PC532,
DEC pmax (MIPS R2k/3k), DEC/AXP (Alpha)
NetBSD ports in progress: VAX and others...
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