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From: DLEGO@netins.net (Daniel Lego)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: PC hardware advice requested
Date: 23 May 1995 16:08:07 GMT
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In article <3prs4d$2k8@csnews.cs.colorado.edu>, 
plotkin@alumni.cs.colorado.eduLeocforWindowstm says...
>
>Hello all,
>
>        I'm looking for a 'hardware compatibility' list for NetBSD (and
>        FreeBSD, what the heck).  I've poked around on popular 
distribution
>        sites and so far haven't found anything more useful than a list 
of 
>        systems FreeBSD runs on.
>
>        What would be ideal is a list of drivers, any known issues, and 
>        general stability level.  For example:
>        
>                Adaptec 1540 and friends.  Rock stable ISA SCSI adapter. 
 
>                16 Mb ISA DMA limitation overcome using bounce buffers.  
Fair
>                performance.
>        
>        or
>
>                Fred's PC VESA LB SCSI.  Works in my PC on alternate
>                mondays.  Doesn't use DMA, interferes with keyboard I/O. 
 I 
>                got a whole meg/sec out of it, just ask my dog, he saw 
it!
>
>        The end result of this research will be a heavily used news 
>        server (64+ megs ram, several 2+ gig disks) built on a shoestring 
>        budget.  Drive controller and network interface information is 
far 
>        more interesting to me than CDrom and graphics card support.
>
>        Since I haven't bought any hardware yet, war stories or sage 
>        advice from anyone who's done similar stupidities would be deeply 
>        appreciated.
>
>        Please, please send me any information you have. I'm desperately
>        trying to avoid having to read everything under netbsd-current
>        arch/i386 =)
>
>        --leo
>
>        p.s. and if you're a Linux weenie reading this, you may wish to
>        tell me how great Linux is supporting various hardware.
>
>        p.p.s. if no such hardware compatibility list exists, I'm 
volunteering
>        to mung received information into a first draft version.
>

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