Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 16:39:09 -0800 (PST) From: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@nike.efn.org> To: "Mark D. Smith" <msmith@iea.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Good VLB EDIE card for FreeBSD? Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.91.960124163141.1973V-100000@nike.efn.org> In-Reply-To: <199601240757.HAA26786@comtch.iea.com>
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On Wed, 24 Jan 1996, Mark D. Smith wrote: > Greetings > > I've just upgraded to a 486DX4-100 VESA local bus mother board and > dual Western Digital 1.2GB EIDE drives. Now, I'm looking for a > VLB EIDE card to run them. My mother board does LBA so I don't > want or need the extra cost of a card that does it. So, a couple > of questions. How does the Promise 2300+ (I think) work with > FreeBSD? I remember seeing some problems people were having but > since I didn't have a VESA motherboard, I didn't pay attention. > If that's a bust, what's a GOOD VLB EIDE card that has all the > I/O on it with 16550AFN UARTS? well... if you can pick up a generic VLB IDE card that has the 16550s... it should work... I'm using a version with the Winbond chip... and it works very nicely with my Conner CFA850A (850meg)... giving me reads up to about 1.46meg/sec... a friend bought one for about $35... hope this helps... TTYL.. John-Mark gurney_j@efn.org Modem/FAX: (503) 683-6954 (FreeBSD Box) Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD (unix) GCS/M/Sd#h+s+!gau-a--w++++vC+++++UF++++P---E---N++W---M--V--Y+t+5++G+b+D++ B----eu+h++!f++n---- CD5OUF++++.L-------2W.DM----N.9---NET2SP3s.2,4s.,4d.2,6---
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