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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.primenet.com!garbled.upt.org!root From: root@garbled.upt.org (Charlie Root) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Netbsd on 486 dx hardware. Date: 10 May 1995 06:35:42 GMT Organization: Primenet Lines: 23 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3opmru$r5@news4.primenet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ip061.phx.primenet.com X-newsreader: xrn 7.02 I currently own a 486 DLC50 with 4megs of memory. I'm planning to buy an additional 16megs. My question is, will this cause any problems? I have heard stories about problems with having more than 16megs on a 486.. So I need to know if this is going to be a problem. My planned machine is as follows: (suggestions would be appreciated too) 486-50 20megs mem 16bit IDE controller VESA Buslogic SCSI-2 controller (245c?) VESA GXE #9 Pro w/ 2meg vram expandable to 4. 3 serial ports : irq 3 4 5 1 printer port : irq 7 1 SMC Elite 16 10baseT/AUI card (running on 10, selectable for 9,10,3) Does anyone see a potential problem with this? (Before I buy all this hardware). This machine is used solely as a Netbsd machine. And runs an X server constantly. Tim- garbled@primenet.com