From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 17 00:28:16 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id AAA22804 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 00:28:16 -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 AAA22799 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 00:28:13 -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 AAA09917; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 00:28:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 00:28:05 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Henrik Johansson cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Some questions about FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <346F7E0B.435106D8@swipnet.se> 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 Mon, 17 Nov 1997, Henrik Johansson wrote: > 1/ Is there any kind of compatibility with win95 ? That depends on what you need compatible. > 2/ Is there a wide collection of supported hardware, like radiocards, > scannercards, 3dfx-compatibles, videocards ? Pretty good, red-hot stuff probably won't be supported. Anything particular in mind? > 3/ Is it possible to use windowscompatible fonts (truetype) with > FreeBSD? They have to be converted to Adobe font types, but a converter is available. > Also, I want to congratulate you all for doing such a revolutioning and > superb OS. Thanks! Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major