From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Dec 9 18:53:23 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id SAA28950 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 9 Dec 1996 18:53:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id SAA28940 for ; Mon, 9 Dec 1996 18:53:20 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id NAA12546; Tue, 10 Dec 1996 13:22:36 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199612100252.NAA12546@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Will FreeBSD Run on This? In-Reply-To: <199612100227.SAA19404@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca> from Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group at "Dec 9, 96 06:27:18 pm" To: cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 13:22:35 +1030 (CST) Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, cy@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group stands accused of saying: > > 120 MHz Pentium, with 8 MB memory (if I decide to go ahead with the deal > I will have 32 MB installed), a 1 GB EIDE, a 3.5 inch floppy drive, an > S3 card, and a Micro$oft keyboard, all in a 13 inch tower case. > > Does FreeBSD work with EIDE drives? Is there anything I need to watch for? Not really; it'll perform quite well. I still find swapping to an IDE drive feels less responsive than to a SCSI drive, but the aim is, after all, not to swap 8) > Does anyone have any experience with the S3 card? How well does it work > with X? S3 cards and X get along really well; we use them exclusively. > Cy Schubert OV/VM: BCSC02(CSCHUBER) -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[