From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 16 23:18:24 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA18400 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 16 Nov 1997 23:18:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA18393 for ; Sun, 16 Nov 1997 23:18:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id XAA09751; Sun, 16 Nov 1997 23:18:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 23:18:18 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: sporkl@dti.net cc: freebsd questions Subject: Re: E-net cards, Number-Nine vid cards In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 16 Nov 1997, sporkl wrote: > I am (maybe) in the market for a new computer. > I have been considering a Micron dual P200MHZ pros, 64MB ECC EDO > RAM, ultra-wide SCSI, Number Nine Revolution 3D vid card w/4MB ram, and > it comes with a "fast ethernet 10/100 pci network adapter". Doesn't say > what kind of e-net card. What ethernet cards do you recommend? For 10/100, go with either a Digital-based card (SMC, Accton, Dayna, others) or with an Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B. > Also, does X support the Number Nine Revolution card? It doesn't seem to > be there in the cards database, so I don't know. Number Nine used to use S3 chipsets, I don't know if they still do. XFree does support the S3 equipment so query #9 and see if they can tell you what it's based on. > Since this machine (which will be used as both an over-the-net > server and a personal machine) would have two proccessors, I would need > an SMP kernel. I guess that means 3.0, which is fine with me. My next > question would be: Is 3.0 on CD-ROM? If not, does anyone know when it will > be? CURRENT isn't produced on CD, but there are occaisional SNAPs that are. The last SNAP CD is for October 14. If you decide to track -current you should subscribe to the freebsd-current mailing list. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major