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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Hardware for FreeBSD 2.0
From: barnaby.ng@canrem.com (Barnaby Ng)
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In acticle <3ccov7$m9p@pdq.coe.montana.edu> nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu
(Nate Williams) wrote:-

>>ATI Graphic Turbo with 2MB VRAM (Mach64 chipset, VL bus version)
>>Adaptec 2842VL SCSI host (AIC7770 chipset, VL bus version)
>
>It should work fine.
>
>>and I like to hear from people who has actually used it, not just
>>according to the spec.
>
>For us to say that it works on the above hardware means that it's
>been tested on the above hardware.  What more can I say?  If your
>hardware is bad, then it won't work, but if your hardware is okay
>AND it's the above type, then it should work.

I guess I should say "does it work well" instead. For example, I know my
Mach 64 "works" under Linux (X), but only under non-accelarated mode,
and unable to support 1024x768x16M. Sorry for any misunderstanding.

barnaby.ng@canrem.com
Toronto, Canada.