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From: michael@jester.GUN.de (Michael Gerhards)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
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Subject: Re: Emulex DCP-286i comms. board & 386bsd?
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References: <22or52$7ov@manuel.anu.edu.au> <9307273428@jester.GUN.de> <CAvq6H.1r51@austin.ibm.com>
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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 93 17:22:00 GMT
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In article <9307273428@jester.GUN.de>, michael@jester.GUN.de (Michael Gerhards) writes:
> Mathew BM LIM (mbl900@anusf.anu.edu.au) wrote:
> > I have "inherited" the following board from off the AT bus on a Sun 386i,
> > has anyone encountered one like it and does it work with 386bsd?
[..]
> > "The Emulex DCP-286i is a high-performance, miltiprotocol communications
> > processor for IBM PC products with on-board intelligence in the form of an
> > Intel 286 microprocessor. <marketing guff deleted>
> ^^^
> 386BSD and NetBSD are ports to the Intel-386-architecture. They need 32 bit
> and the 286 has only 16. If you want to run a Unix-like OS, try Minix or
> COHERENT 3.2.
Sorry, I misunderstood what I read :-(( .
Michael
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