From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Sep 10 0:14: 3 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from inet.chip-web.com (c1003518-a.plstn1.sfba.home.com [24.1.82.47]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8B7CB150E1 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 1999 00:14:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ludwigp@bigfoot.com) Received: (qmail 4251 invoked from network); 10 Sep 1999 07:13:55 -0000 Received: from toy.chip-web.com (@172.16.1.30) by inet.chip-web.com with SMTP; 10 Sep 1999 07:13:55 -0000 Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 00:13:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Ludwig Pummer X-Sender: ludwigp@toy.chip-web.com To: Joseph Scott Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: winbook & FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <37D6E02E.B22B4631@owp.csus.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, Joseph Scott wrote: > WinBook XL2 > > My main concerns of course are : Video, Network, Modem and Sound ( in > that order ). Video: ATI 3D Rage LT Pro It works. I have an Asus/Chembook F7400 with the same video chip. I used one of the Mach64/Rage card settings (if you pick the wrong one, X will crash on initialization) in xf86config, killed all modelines except for the 60Hz ones, and it works like a dream. Network: I'd go with the Ambicom. The 3com card is probably a 3c589, but 3com keeps making new revisions of that same card. The Ambicom is a nice, simple, generic NE2000 compatible, and the sample pccardd.conf file from 1999/05/15 already has that card listed (the AmbiCom 8002T). Modem: The Winbook drivers page for the XL2 says the modem is an LT WinModem. _WinModem_. 'nuff said. Sound: This ESS Maestro is a PCI sound chip, as far as I have been able to figure out (my laptop has the same sound chip). That means that sound support will be a long ways away. However, I haven't taken a look at commercial sound support, so you may or may not be able to get sound working for a price. > The specs for the machine can be found at : > > http://www.winbook.com/xl2400128.html > > I think the video will probably be ok, but here's my choice of NIC's > from winbook : > > AmbiCom 10bT Network Card > 3COM 10 Mbps LAN PC Card > AmbiCom XL/XLi/XL2 10/100bT CardBus > 3COM XL/XLi/XL2 10/100bT LAN CardBus --Ludwig Pummer ( ludwigp@bigfoot.com ) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message