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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!gatech!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!news.consultix.com!newsstand.cit.cornell.edu!ub!library.erc.clarkson.edu!shapircs From: shapircs@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Carl S. Shapiro) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: MCA port for NETBSD / FREEBSD ? Date: 22 Apr 1996 01:59:09 GMT Organization: Clarkson University Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4lep5d$adi@library.erc.clarkson.edu> References: <4lcahf$knr@mimsy.cs.umd.edu> <4lcql4$bbb@eusapia.nthu.edu.tw> NNTP-Posting-Host: logic.camp.clarkson.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:3269 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:17895 u821624 ls (u821624@Oz.nthu.edu.tw) wrote: (stuff cut out) : I might be wrong, but... : AFAIK, that's impossible. : 'Cause Micro Channel is patented product of IBM.... : Any OS can not support MCA without the license from IBM.... I do belive that IBM actually published the MicroChannel spec (I could be wrong to, but I am pretty sure about this).