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Date:      Wed, 25 Feb 1998 20:39:51 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        kris@airnet.net
Cc:        John Kenagy <jktheowl@bga.com>, questions freebsd <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: UPSd and PS2 compatibility
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980225203927.28338F-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <34F49B4E.909E3E04@ninbox.dyn.ml.org>

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On Wed, 25 Feb 1998, Kris Kirby wrote:

> Doug White wrote:
> > FreeBSD won't boot and the slots on the MB look funny.
> 
> The MCA slots look like PCI slots. The connectors are *physically*
> identical. If you plug a PCI card in a MCA machine and flip the switch,
> all bets are off. They are *not* identical in signalling. Generally, a
> PS/2 with ISA (only) and a 386 ought to be able to run FreeBSD. Email me
> the model # and I will tell you if it is ISA or naught. (pun intended)

Well, it would be really odd for an old 486 to have PCI.  :-)

Do any IBMs outside of the Aptiva series even _have_ PCI slots?

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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