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From: scotte@center.uscs.com (L. Scott Emmons)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBsd on Compaq ...
Date: 09 Apr 1996 21:51:59 GMT
Organization: U.S. Computer Services Research Center, El Dorado Hills, CA
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Message-ID: <SCOTTE.96Apr9145159@odie.center.uscs.com>
References: <4kb9br$95@doc.zippo.com>
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To: robert@lclcan.com
In-reply-to: robert@lclcan.com's message of 8 Apr 1996 07:54:51 -0700

In article <4kb9br$95@doc.zippo.com> robert@lclcan.com writes:

> Has anyone ever installed FreeBsd on one of the current crop 
> of Compaq Presarios?
> 
> What concerns me is whether FreeBsd will choke or not
> when it encounters all those proprietary drivers.

I run it on an (older) DeskPro 486/66 just fine. The biggest problem
is with the video, since Compaq likes to put in Matrox video cards.
And, No, I'm not injecting myself into the "great Matrox debate of
'96"!  :-) :-) :-) So, I can only run X in 800x600x16 mode.

I don't know if you the audio will work for you or not. I never could
get the audio support in mine to work (even under Windows). It's some
weird proprietary stuff (not even ESS). So, I picked up a used SB-Pro
card for $10 and that works great. I think the newer Compaq's are SB
compatible, but I'm not sure.

Hope this helps, But doubt that it does,
-scott
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  L. Scott Emmons      |CableData R&D Center - El Dorado Hills, CA, USA
   (916)939-6088       |>> Standard disclaimer applies. Views are my <<
scotte@center.uscs.com |>> own, not those of U.S. Computer Services. <<