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Subject: Re: MCA port for NETBSD / FREEBSD ?
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Date: 21 Apr 1996 08:12:20 GMT
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Rohit Dube (rohit@cs.umd.edu) wrote:
: Hi,
: I have a PS/2 Model 85 with SCSI disk and a 3COM ETHERLINK III
: Ethernet Card (MCA of-course).
: Would somebody out there have a *BSD* port the above architecture?
: I'll be grateful if you can get in touch with me.
: Thanks in advance.
: Rohit.
: (rohit@cs.umd.edu)

    I might be wrong, but...


    AFAIK, that's impossible.

    'Cause Micro Channel is patented product of IBM....

    Any OS can not support MCA without the license from IBM....