Date: Sat, 1 Jun 1996 13:23:23 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> To: Francisco Reyes <reyes01@ibm.net> Cc: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com>, "Andrew V. Stesin" <stesin@elvisti.kiev.ua>, John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu>, FreeBSD doc Mailing list <doc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Hardware compatibility list. Second round. Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960601132111.25644C-100000@gilligan.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <199606011641.QAA56153@pop01.ny.us.ibm.net>
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On Sat, 1 Jun 1996, Francisco Reyes wrote: > After getting some feedback about what to include in a hardware compatibility list > here is what I would like to propose. > > Information to be collected: > -Version of FreeBsd tried on > -Computer:make,model,cpu,cpu speed, amount of RAM, motherboard, bios and revision, > busses(eg ISA, VESA, PCI), chipset > -Video:make,model,bus type,resolution > -Harddrive:make,model,HD type > -Soundcard:make,model,options > -Cdrom:make,model,bus type > -Monitor:make,model,size,resolution > -Network card:make,model,network protocol > -Use of computers and how many clients are supported Comment: Many folks have a computer made of parts bought here and there. If you don't allow folks to spec the motherboard, well, they can't very well give a name to a 'computer'. Spec'ing the motherboard counts a lot more nowadays than specing the vendor it was bought from. ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and n3lxx, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 2.2 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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