Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 18:56:48 -0600 From: "Denny Reiter" <denny@kewanee.net> To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Hardware Message-ID: <001a01bd59e4$62ffaaa0$0200a8c0@loki.inw.net>
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Well, to learn on and until I can afford a second machine: Packard Bell (ARGGGGGHHHH!!!!!! ;-) 486SX-25 6 meg of RAM 500 Meg HD No CD-ROM No Mouse or Keyboard Old VGA Monitor NE2000 clone card I kludged it together from parts I had taken as trade-ins on systems I had built and wanted to try out FREEBSD. Once I get another machine (looking at a Compaq P166 w/16Meg & 1.2Gig HD) I'll transfer it over to "my" machine: Cyrix 6x86 200MHz 64meg of RAM (32meg EDO SIMM, 32meg EDO DIMM) 4.3 Gig IDE HD 24X IDE CD-ROM NE2000 clone network card 4 meg ATI Video Card But I think the kids would revolt if I did it now :) Regards, Denny Reiter denny@kewanee.net ICQ # 823496 -----Original Message----- From: Joey Garcia <bear@pacificnet.net> To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Date: Friday, March 27, 1998 1:49 PM Subject: FreeBSD and Hardware >I was curious to the types of hardware that you guys/gals are using for >your FreeBSD machine. > >Right now I have a Pentium 133 (430fx chipset), 1.6 gig hardrive, >64 megs of EDO ram, 1 floppy drive, a 4X IDE cdrom drive, Diamond Stealth >3D 3000 video card, Mouse Systems 2 button mouse, a standard US 101 >key keyboard, and a 15 inch monitor. > >I'd like to upgrade my machine one day to a dual Pentium Pro or Pentium >II, but I'm pretty much broke at the moment so I'll have to wait. Like I >said before, I was wondering what you guys/gals were running. > >I was wondering this because of all the new hardware that is coming out >recently - Ultra DMA, USB ports, etc. I was wondering if FreeBSD was >compatible with the Ultra DMA, and if FreeBSD had any drivers for USB >peripherals such as QuickCams or whatever. I'm greatly interested in the >dual Pentium II machines. I'm pretty much waiting for FreeBSD 3.0 (or >whatever version that might be out that supports SMP) to be released so >that I can run a dually and FreeBSD in harmony. :) > >Hell, actually I don't even understand how Unix drivers work, or how they >are even installed. That's one thing I'm gonna have to figure out. Can >anyone give me some help on the subject? > >Anyways, I was just curious. > >Bear > >=================================================== >Joseph Garcia >Downey, CA >bear@pacificnet.net >"Dont drink and drive, you might spill the beer." >=================================================== > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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