From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 25 09:13:40 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id JAA19313 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 25 Apr 1996 09:13:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from haldjas.folklore.ee (Haldjas.folklore.ee [193.40.6.121]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA19272 Thu, 25 Apr 1996 09:12:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from narvi@localhost) by haldjas.folklore.ee (8.6.12/8.6.12) id TAA24520; Thu, 25 Apr 1996 19:15:09 +0300 Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 19:15:09 +0300 (EET DST) From: Narvi To: Michael Smith cc: Brett Glass , dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, dshin@ponder.csci.unt.edu, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Boot floppy problem with Intel Atlantis motherboard (Mac In-Reply-To: <199604251225.VAA25186@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 25 Apr 1996, Michael Smith wrote: > Brett Glass stands accused of saying: > > > > > Use -c and turn off all the sio ports (especially sio3). > > > > Is this the S3 video chip vs. COM4: conflict? > > Actually, S3 parts are very tolerant of activity on that port. > Sadly, the ATI Mach64 chips _aren't_, and these are the ones that cause > problems. Some do have the conflict - you can't use some older (and I don't know about newer) serial cards/modems with Trio64V+ - The system still works (at least with DOS + Windows) but you can't access the serial. > > It all started with IBM and the 8514... > > > --Brett > -- > ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ > ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ > ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ > ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ > ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[ > Sander Eat good food, preserve nature, be nice to all nice people :)