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From: jra@hrcms.cvu.att.com (Jeff Abramson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Micron computers and FreeBSD 2.1
Date: 14 Mar 1996 03:24:29 GMT
Organization: Lucent Technologies
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References: <31309186.41C67EA6@psu.edu>
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In article <31309186.41C67EA6@psu.edu>,
Brian Wasserman  <bsw114@psu.edu> wrote:
>I am interested in purchasing a Micron computer.  I haven't researched
>which system I will get but I want to run FreeBSD 2.1.
>
>Has anybody successfully installed it on a Micron?  Have there been
>any problems?  Which monitor do you have?  I would love to hear your
>experiences with this.
>
>Thank you,
>Brian

I'm running FreeBSD 2.1 (and Windows 3.11, Windows 95, Linux (multiple
flavors) and Plan 9) on a ~1 year old Micron Millennia with a
NCR53c810 SCSI controller, Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM graphics card
(Trios 764 chip or some such thing), ADI MicroScan 4V monitor.  I've
got multiple devices on the SCSI bus (2 internal SCSI disks, one
external SCSI disk, one external DAT) and 40 MBytes RAM.  Everything
works like a champ with the exception of an occassional hiccup on the
SCSI bus.  That seems to affect Linux and Windows 95 most seriously,
FreeBSD less so.  Overall, I'm very happy with the Micron and would
highly recommend them.

jeffry r. abramson                         http://poohbear.cvu.att.com/~jra/
at&t bell laboratories                     email:    jeffry.abramson@att.com
room 2k-054 480 red hill road              phone:             (908) 615-5340
middletown, nj  07748                      facsimile:         (908) 615-2672


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jeffry r. abramson                         http://poohbear.cvu.att.com/~jra/
at&t bell laboratories                     email:    jeffry.abramson@att.com
room 2k-054 480 red hill road              phone:             (908) 615-5340
middletown, nj  07748                      facsimile:         (908) 615-2672