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From: hd@world.std.com (HD Associates)
Subject: Re: NetBSD, FreeBSD or Linux on IBM AMBRA platform?
Message-ID: <CDyn2n.Ey2@world.std.com>
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
References: <DWSMITH.93Sep24213809@uncle-sam.llnl.gov>
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1993 12:08:46 GMT
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In article <DWSMITH.93Sep24213809@uncle-sam.llnl.gov>,
David W. Smith <dwsmith@uncle-sam.llnl.gov> wrote:
>
> I've just recently read about the new IBM company called AMBRA.
(...)
> The first is a 5 slot ISA system with 2 VESA LB slots and built in SCSI
> and 10BaseT ethnet.

I'm interested in this unit also, especially if the on board SCSI and
E-net has a full 32 bit address bus to memory.

Does anyone know how to get technical documentation from IBM/AMBRA so
that SCSI and network drivers can be written?

I'll try to track something down on Monday from IBM, but a contact
would be great.  I remember a Kafka like experience trying to get
technical information out of AT&T (aka "We're the Phone Company")  once
in my past.

Peter
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