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Date:      Mon, 29 Apr 1996 11:58:18 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Geoff Mohler <gemohler@alpha1.phoenix.net>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Development (fwd)
Message-ID:  <Pine.OSF.3.91.960429115813.17811A-100000@alpha1.phoenix.net>

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 11:19:51 -0500 (CDT)
From: Geoff Mohler <gemohler@alpha1.phoenix.net>
To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Subject: Re: FreeBSD Development

> Hi.
> 
> I've worked with the Cubix equipment in the past on commucations
> software applications under their SVR3 clone on their little Cubix
> cubes.  Say "Hi" to Mike in developer relations, if he's still
> there from "Terry at Century Software".  (I'm not still there 8-)).
> 
> The hardware is not significantly different from most PC hardware,
> and what you are calling a port is probably more properly just
> a need for drivers to support some of their hardware.
> 
> 
> The "AMD SCSI and 10bT controllers", are these by chance the AMD
> PCNet (Am79C974) chips?

Yes..you are correct.
 
> The AMD PCNet chips "net" is a LANCE ethernet chip.  The current
> ethernet drivers work with this chip without modification, as long
> as you pick the right IRQ and port addresses.

What do I need to do to get BSD to detect this chipset..it cant find it 
by default.

> The SCSI portion of this chip is an NCR 780(?) compatible chip...
> I remember reading a post on one of the lists about a driver being
> available for the SCSI portion, but I didn't save the thing.  Most
> uncharacteristic of me.  8-(.

Thats ok..we can swap the SCSI 1G drives for IDE..not a problem.


Just point me as to where I need to go, to get the Ethernet up.

Thanks.

G




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