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From: julian@mailhub.tfs.com (Julian Elischer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Will it run on a portable?
Date: 16 Nov 1995 11:21:02 GMT
Organization: TRW Financial Systems, Oakland, CA
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In article <48endv$d0a@chronicle.mti.sgi.com>,
Eric McCaughrin <meric@orac.mti.sgi.com> wrote:
>I've got my eyes on a portable computer (Pentium-based). Has anyone
[..]
>seem to be based on the PCMCIA bus and from what I've read in
>the web pages, this bus is not supported. I'm also worried
>about the internal CD-ROM drives portables come with.
FreeBSD -current
has support for PCMCIA
the cdrom depends on how it's driven.. (IDE?)(SCSI?)
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