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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!arclight.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!csulb.edu!info.ucla.edu!news.ucdavis.edu!news.wwa.com!chilton!chris From: chris@vindaloo.com (Christopher Sean Hilton) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Gonna buy a laptop, PCMCIA modems and questions Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 18:24:46 GMT Organization: Vindaloo Communications Lines: 46 Message-ID: <E2s0HA.Dr4@vindaloo.com> References: <59ehf1$er8@tofu.alt.net> <32ba48c2.14850644@news.alt.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: pool12-014.wwa.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:32902 In article <32ba48c2.14850644@news.alt.net>, Wyatt Earp <Wyatt@Dis.Org> wrote: >At 03:21 PM 12/20/96 -0500, you wrote: >> [snip] > >>The ps/2 pointer on the Toshiba is not a problem, I >>think. You'll want to d/l the PCMCIA package from the >>PAO web page and install it. Then you follow the >>instructions to build a new "kernel". This will give >>you the support for the ps/2 pointer. Then you can >>try out X Window - you may have luck with "xf86config" >> - a program to configure X Windows for you. >> I run FreeBSD with the PAO mods on my Toshiba Satellite 1950CT (it's ancient but it works). most important choice that I made was to use the IBM PCMCIA ethernet card. I made this choice because the IBM card works with two drivers, if_ze in the stock kernel or if_ed in the kernel after the PAO mods. This way I can install using the stock kernel and do the PAO mods after or use the PAO bootdisks available at the PAO site and install PAO directly. As far as modems go stay away from Hayes, the Optima series of modems has a funky UART that's only recognized by FreeBSD (2.1.0) serial driver under special conditions. In addition this modem is also quirky about what it will connect to. I have a ComShare 450 that can split a phone call to different lines I use it to differentiate between a fax call and a modem call on my second line. This way I can run hylafax without having to install mgetty. They Hayes cannot dial through this box and no-one at Hayes has returned my tech support calls to tell me how I can work around this problem. So my next modem will be a Megahertz which I've also tested and works fine. As soon as I can I will be upgrading to FreeBSD 2.1.[56] on this machine. This may fix the UART detection problem with the modem. We'll see. Chris -- +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | __o "All I was doing was trying to get home from work." | | _`\<,_ -Rosa Parks | +_(*)/_(*)___________________________________________________________+