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From: David Holloway <daveh@dkstat.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: IBM ThinkPAD750
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 17:20:37 -0700
Organization: Drogin, Kakigi & Associates
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To: "Runs With the Night Hawks..." <hawks@Venus.mcs.com>

I have sucessfully installed 2.1.0-RELEASE on
a 755CX with out a hitch, 
from nfs/ftp over a 3com pcmcia ethercard.
it worked fine for 6 months or so, then I 
installed NT 3.51 since then..

Runs With the Night Hawks... wrote:
> 
> Howdy all, some of you may remember I was asking about getting FreeBSD2.1.0R
> to work properly on a IBM thinkpad750.  Well, thanx to a few people I have.
> I decided to upgrade to 2.2-SNAP-960612 and I have since gotten it working
> with Xfree86 and the syscons serial driver.  If anyone else is interested in
> it I can put a generic kernel up and my source diffs.
> 
> I have not tested this kernel on anytying but the TP750C, 'cause thats what
> I've got.  I'd be interested to see if it works on the 755/760 if anyone
> has one they'd like to try my kernel out on.
> 
> Thanx,
> 
> Alan Palmer
> hawks@mcs.com

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David Holloway  daveh@dkstat.com

DK & Associates
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