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Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 09:51:30 -0600
To: Steve Price <steve@havk.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Subject: Re: PC104 and FreeBSD
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PC104 is just an ISA-like bus. There's no reason whatsoever
why a PC104 system should not work with FreeBSD. I've put
FreeBSD and OpenBSD on set-top boxes with PC104 network
cards inside; it's worked fine.

--Brett

At 09:25 AM 4/20/2001, Steve Price wrote:
  
>Hi All,
>
>I have an application that I've developed for a customer that
>has been deployed on FreeBSD.  The customer now wants to deploy
>this application using a PC104 form factor board so that they
>can shove it inside the transmitter controller case.  The
>engineer has found several instances claiming people have great
>success with PC104 and Linux but very few positive responses
>regarding FreeBSD.
>
>If anyone has any experience in the PC104 arena and has a
>success story wrt to FreeBSD please let me know.  I want to be
>armed to the gills when I reply to him.
>
>Thanks.
>
>-steve
>
>PS: Note I've sent this chat and hardware please followup to
>    chat or me directly as I'm not sure if hardware is entirely
>    appropriate for this discussion.
>
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