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Date:      Fri, 22 May 1998 23:10:27 -0400
From:      "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Tom <tom@sdf.com>
Cc:        Hugh LaMaster <lamaster@george.arc.nasa.gov>, FreeBSD Hardware <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Seeking hardware recommendations 
Message-ID:  <22031.895893027@gjp.erols.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 22 May 1998 17:31:12 PDT." <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980522172843.21115C-100000@misery.sdf.com> 

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Tom wrote in message ID
<Pine.BSF.3.95q.980522172843.21115C-100000@misery.sdf.com>:
>   The DEC chipsets are not that well supported.  The media detection is
> problematic.  There are many variances from model to model (at least a
> half a dozen different chipset versions).  Ugh...

The real problem is that there are a number of `general purpose' pins
on the 21x4x series that Digital didn't assign use for. Each
manufacturer of cards based on the DEC chipset uses them for different
things, like programming media selections. This is where the real
problem arrises...

Gary
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Gary Palmer                                          FreeBSD Core Team Member
FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info

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