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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:5344 comp.os.linux:55254 comp.os.linux.help:3479 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!pacbell.com!iggy.GW.Vitalink.COM!lll-winken.llnl.gov!128.115.14.1!dwsmith From: dwsmith@uncle-sam.llnl.gov (David W. Smith) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help Subject: NetBSD, FreeBSD or Linux on IBM AMBRA platform? Date: 25 Sep 1993 04:38:09 GMT Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, NCD Lines: 27 Distribution: world Message-ID: <DWSMITH.93Sep24213809@uncle-sam.llnl.gov> NNTP-Posting-Host: uncle-sam.llnl.gov I've just recently read about the new IBM company called AMBRA. They are manufacturing some new machines based on an IBM manufactured Intel processor called the 486 Blue Lighting. I believe they also produce a machine with a model number D466E/VL with is an Intel 486DX2 66 EISA/VESA LB system. Now the my question -- Does any one know or have tried to get NetBSD, FreeBSD, or Linux running on this machine? I am interested in two of their models they are the D466BL/CD and the D466E/VL machines. The first is a 5 slot ISA system with 2 VESA LB slots and built in SCSI and 10BaseT ethnet. The second model is 7 slot EISA/2 VESA LB and a S3 video accelerator. There was no mention of a SCSI controller or of ethernet. I know these are new machines so there is probably not a good chance someone has tested this configuration yet, but I thought I would ask anyways. What about AIX? Does IBM have a Intel port? Thanks, David W. Smith dwsmith@llnl.gov 510-423-9905 -- David W. Smith