Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 19:35:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: mikebo@tellabs.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org, Mike Borowiec <mikebo@freefall.freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Compaq laptops? PCMCIA ethernet? Nomad project? Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960913193354.381A-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199609131602.LAA09229@sunc210.tellabs.com>
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On Fri, 13 Sep 1996 mikebo@tellabs.com wrote: > 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 <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> 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."? #1: Can't say.. You'd have to boot the boot floppy to find out. #2: I have a 3c589 (rev A). The C may be a different animal. #3: Toshibas are excellent laptops. > By the way, what's the "Nomad project"? The Nomad project is a group that brought PCCARD support to FreeBSD. (or BSD in general..?) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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