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 -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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