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Date:      Tue, 10 Dec 1996 13:22:35 +1030 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, cy@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca
Subject:   Re: Will FreeBSD Run on This?
Message-ID:  <199612100252.NAA12546@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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"

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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)

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