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Date:      Thu, 30 May 1996 10:21:23 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Gateway Solo: Is it known to run FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960530102020.5007F-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199605291906.NAA18289@lariat.lariat.org>

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On Wed, 29 May 1996, Brett Glass wrote:

> Has anyone successfully run FreeBSD 2.0.1 or later on a Gateway Solo? This
> machine has an 800x600 LCD driven by a C&T video chipset, and it won't
> be worth running FreeBSD unless there are video drivers for this display.
> I'd also be interested in finding out if the other peripherals behaved
> properly, and if DOS emulation is stable enough to try on this platform.

FreeBSD will work (it'll work with just about anything, it's text mode
after all), but X may not.  At minimum I would think the SVGA server could
do something with it.  Check the X information.  

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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