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From: ramesh@utdallas.edu (R. Ramesh)
Subject: Re: LINUX/386BSD Hardware FAQ
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Here is my configuration: It is the standard Gateway 2000 purchased a year
ago. May be this will help you to figure out missing answers.
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Operating System (386BSD/LINUX): LINUX 0.98pl5
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MotherBoard MFR: Micronics (I think, look at the first line
Processor/Speed (386,486,sx,dx,dx2,xxMHZ): 486DX 33
Bus Architecture (ISA,EISA,VL-Bus,etc.): ISA
Memory architecture:
70ns RAM 8 1M SIMMS
Cache architecture:
Cache Size (KB):64KB
BIOS (mfr,date):
Is this mother board configuation satisfactory? Very
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Disk controller MFR/model: ?
Type (IDE,SCSI-1,SCSI-2 etc): IDE
Hardware cache? How big?: 64KB (I think)
Is this disk controller configuation satisfactory? Yes
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Hard disk #1 mfr/model: Western Digital Pirannah
Hard disk #1 capacity: 200MB
Sustained transfer rate: about 900K/sec
Is this disk drive satisfactory? Yes, but Noisy
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Hard disk #2 mfr/model: N/A
Hard disk #2 capacity:
Sustained transfer rate:
Is this disk drive satisfactory?
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Hard disk #3 mfr/model: N/A
Hard disk #3 capacity:
Sustained transfer rate:
Is this disk drive satisfactory?
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Hard disk #4 mfr/model: N/A
Hard disk #4 capacity:
Sustained transfer rate:
Is this disk drive satisfactory?
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Tape Drive mfr/model: N/A
Tape Drive capacity:
Is this tape drive satisfactory?
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CDROM Drive mfr/model: N/A
CDROM Drive capacity:
Is this CDROM drive satisfactory?
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Video card mfr/model: Diamond SpeedStarPLUS
resolutions supported: maximum 1024x768
How much DRAM/VRAM (which) on board?: 1M DRAM
Is this video card satifactory? NO (cannot get X to do what I want)
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Monitor mfr/model: NEC 5FG
Diagonal size: 17" (not really)
Resolutions supported: max 1280x1024xunlimited colors
Is this monitor satifactory? Yes
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Other hardware installed: None
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Hardware which you know will not currently work with your OS:
Diamond video cards as they don't provide info on them.
I think DTK mother boards.
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Ramesh