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Date:      Fri, 22 Nov 1996 12:48:29 +1030 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        kegrotla@korrnet.org (Kjell E Grotland)
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: IBM 57SLC
Message-ID:  <199611220218.MAA16607@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.95.961121202616.1766A-100000@clarion.korrnet.org> from Kjell E Grotland at "Nov 21, 96 08:29:27 pm"

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Kjell E Grotland stands accused of saying:
> Hopefully this is not too trivial a matter but i was wondering if it is
> possible to Run FreeBSD on an IBM 57SLC. The reason i ask is because
> apparently this is a machine on which IBM place its proprietary Micro
> Channel Bus system and i was wondering if it made a difference in
> installing the FreeBSD Operating system. If not underwhich type of
> hardware configuration should i install the operating system?

FreeBSD does not currently support Microchannel.  If you need a Unix
to run on that system, you may be able to get a PS/2 AIX to work.

For FreeBSD, PCI is the bus of choice; EISA and ISA also work well.

> Kjell E. Grotland

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