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- From: philsuth@mycroft.DIALix.oz.au (Phil Sutherland)
- Subject: 386bsd on notebook machines - ethernet adaptors/drivers
- Message-ID: <1993Jan6.151417.361@mycroft.DIALix.oz.au>
- Reply-To: philsuth@DIALix.oz.au
- Keywords: notebook ethernet
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 93 15:14:17 GMT
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- Gentle Netfolk,
-
- I've been running 386bsd 0.1 on my home machine since its release, and
- have been enjoying it immensely. I'm now looking to acquire a notebook
- computer of some sort, and naturally I'd like to get my favorite
- operating system running on it too. Thus, I'm seeking answers to the
- following:-
-
- 1. Are there any pitfalls I should be aware of when choosing a notebook
- machine for 386bsd? I intend to run a small DOS partition as well
- for compatibility reasons. :-( Currently I'm looking at the
- Sharp PC-7700 or PC-7750 notebooks - with 8Mb RAM and 120 Mb disk.
- Is anyone using one of these out there?
-
- 2. Has anyone written drivers for any of the parallel port connecting
- Ethernet adaptors, or gotten sufficient technical information about
- any of them to allow such a driver to be written? Which adaptors
- should I avoid (I remember comments regarding some companies being
- reluctant to release technical information about their devices).
-
- Email, or post if you feel your comments will interest the 386bsd world
- at large. I'll summarize as appropriate.
-
- Thanks
- phil
-
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- Phil Sutherland Perth, Western Australia philsuth@DIALix.oz.au
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