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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!uunet!pipex!ibmpcug!iocgate!dfr From: dfr@ioc.co.uk (Doug Rabson) Subject: Re: BSD & X over a VL Bus? Sender: news@ioc.co.uk Message-ID: <DFR.93Apr21121905@rhino.ioc.co.uk> In-Reply-To: neil@aldur.demon.co.uk's message of Tue, 20 Apr 1993 08:40:02 +0000 Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 12:19:04 GMT Lines: 23 References: <735295202snz@aldur.demon.co.uk> Nntp-Posting-Host: rhino.ioc.co.uk Organization: Intelligent Office Company Ltd. In article <735295202snz@aldur.demon.co.uk> neil@aldur.demon.co.uk (Neil Wilson) writes: > > Does BSD & X have any problems with a machine with a local bus? > > I've got my eye on a new machine with both the IDE controller and video > card on the local bus. Will this machine work with BSD? I am currently running 386bsd + patchkit-0.2.2 with an ET4000 VLB card. It works perfectly and seems quite fast when compared to a friends system with an ISA Orchid ProDesigner II. > > Many thanks Your welcome. > -- > Neil Wilson (neil@aldur.demon.co.uk) > ..Arrive without travelling, see all without looking... -- Doug Rabson, IOC Ltd. | Email: dfr@ioc.co.uk Phone: +44 81 528 9864 | drabson@cix.compulink.co.uk Fax: +44 81 528 9878 |