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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Micro Channel Bus?
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 04:36:05 -0800
Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM
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mevans@candle.com wrote:
> 
> I ran across the ABIOS source tree on the freely available MACH distribution at the CMU anonymous
> FTP site.  Since MACH and FREEBSD have kernel ancestors in common, it might be possible to
> leverage that work with minimal effort.  Only sticker might be copyright issues; the source

Heck, we wouldn't kick MCA support out of bed, we just don't have the
time or resources to contemplate it ourselves.  If a grassroots "FreeBSD
on PS/2" effort were to start up amongst that user base, we would not be
entirely loath to take the changes into the mainline. :-)
-- 
	- Jordan Hubbard
	  President, FreeBSD Project