From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 27 13:31:19 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA13227 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 13:31:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from inet.chip-web.com (c1003518-a.plstn1.sfba.home.com [24.1.82.47]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA13222 for ; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 13:31:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ludwigp@bigfoot.com) Received: (qmail 826 invoked from network); 27 Jan 1999 21:31:17 -0000 Received: from speedy.chip-web.com (HELO speedy) (172.16.1.1) by inet.chip-web.com with SMTP; 27 Jan 1999 21:31:17 -0000 Message-Id: <4.1.19990127132959.00bb85f0@mail-r> X-Sender: ludwigp2@mail-r X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 13:31:15 -0800 To: Larry Runyon , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Ludwig Pummer Subject: Re: Micrchannel support In-Reply-To: <36AF75DF.8B8FFD4C@idt.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 12:23 PM 1/27/99 , Larry Runyon wrote: >I would like to find out if BSD is planning microchannel support in the >near future? Nope. If memory serves me right, the story was that IBM wouldn't release the microchannel specs for free, so no Free OS is interested enough in supporting a dead, outdated bus system to pay money for them. --Ludwig Pummer ( ludwigp@bigfoot.com ) ICQ UIN: 692441 ( ludwigp@email.com ) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message