From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 13 09:03:26 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA29240 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 13 Sep 1996 09:03:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tellab5.lisle.tellabs.com (tellab5.lisle.tellabs.com [138.111.243.28]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA29235 for ; Fri, 13 Sep 1996 09:03:20 -0700 (PDT) From: mikebo@tellabs.com Received: from sunc210.tellabs.com by tellab5.lisle.tellabs.com with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #4) id m0v1ahd-0004jgC; Fri, 13 Sep 96 11:02 CDT Received: by sunc210.tellabs.com (SMI-8.6/1.9) id LAA09229; Fri, 13 Sep 1996 11:02:19 -0500 Message-Id: <199609131602.LAA09229@sunc210.tellabs.com> Subject: Compaq laptops? PCMCIA ethernet? Nomad project? To: questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 11:02:18 -0500 (CDT) Cc: mikebo (Mike Borowiec) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I'm considering purchasing a Compaq LTE 5300 laptop with either a 3Com 3C589C or a Megahertz XJEM3288C (ethernet + FAX modem). On Mon, 26 Aug 1996 20:14:24, Doug White wrote: > Some Compaqs violate the PCI standard and thus are totally > broke in regards to FreeBSD. I suggest you return your Compaq and get a > machine that works. Major questions on this potential $5,000 purchase... o Will FreeBSD 2.1.x run on the Compaq LTE 5300? o Has anyone worked with either of the ethernet cards I've mentioned? o Is anyone willing to say, "Don't buy that LTE 5300! It's crap! Instead you'd be better off with BLAH."? By the way, what's the "Nomad project"? Any comments or info would be appreciated. THANKS! Regards, - Mike -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Borowiec - mikebo@tellabs.com - Tellabs Operations, Inc. Senior Member of Technical Staff 4951 Indiana Avenue, MS 63 630-512-8211 FAX: 630-512-7099 Lisle, IL 60532 USA --------------------------------------------------------------------------