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Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 13:27:00 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Jason Convry <jconvry@hotmail.com>
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On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, Jason Convry wrote:

> Hi my name is Jason. I'm going to buy a computer for college(Virginia 
> Tech) and they use your FreeBSD system. I had some compatibility 
> questions.. (www.xfree86.org is down or something i can't get it) 
> Anyway, here is a couple of things i was going to get that i'd like to 
> know if they would be compatible or not:
> 
> -AMD k6 -2
> -DVD Rom

FreeBSD does not currently support DVD drives.

> -video cards? either ati xpert@play or diamond viper (pci or agp?)
> -Maxtor ultra ata HDD

FreeBSD 2.2.x doesn't support drives over 8gb; you can get around that if
you use -CURRENT.

> -relisys monitor 
> -awe64 sound

Everything else should be ok.

> someone told me freebsd (or x windows) doesn't support dvd's and that i 
> wouldn't be able to use an agp graphics card; only pci. I thank you for 
> all your time.

X will use AGP cards fine.

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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