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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: seeking advice, please
Date: 7 Nov 1995 23:41:01 +0100
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Julian Elischer <julian@mailhub.tfs.com> wrote:

>Is there a unix version of Fidonet??

It's called FIDOnix. :)

>>buslogic kt-946c, busmaster, fast scsi, pci
>works for me, but there are stories that the newest firmware doesn't
>work right.. get a guarentee that you can get older firmware if the stuff
>it comes with fails..
>>stb velocity 64v (4 mb edo vram
>no idea, rod?

I think it is supported by XFree86 (should this matter).

>>accton pci ethernet (rg45+bnc)
>er, does it look like something we have a driver for?

I think this one is a board i failed to setup under FreeBSD yet.  I'm
not entirely sure, but i think it's been the offender.  I've been
using a plain ISA WD8013 instead.

If you want PCI, go for a DEC2104X-based board.  If you're not going
to constantly push > 800 KB/s on your ethernet, something like the
WD8013 is absoulutely sufficient.

>>sony 2.88 mb 3.5 inch floppy disk drive
>we'll unly use them as 1.44 I think.

2.88 is on its way. :-)  [Note: this is the first public notification
of this fact!]

I've been playing with a loaned 2.88 drive for some time now.  The
driver ain't singing and dancing that good by now, but i've already
been able to read and write 2.88 floppies.  Call this a ``proof of
concept''.  I hope it'll be ready the day 2.2 will ship.
-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)