From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Aug 26 06:08:01 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA25917 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 26 Aug 1998 06:08:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu (seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu [152.1.88.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA25878 for ; Wed, 26 Aug 1998 06:07:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bsdbob@seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu) Received: (from bsdbob@localhost) by seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA23837; Wed, 26 Aug 1998 09:02:17 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from bsdbob) From: "Robert D. Keys" Message-Id: <199808261302.JAA23837@seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu> Subject: Re: PS/2 MCA Model 80 port --- (don't laugh too hard) In-Reply-To: from Charles Youse at "Aug 25, 98 11:59:21 pm" To: cyouse@artemis.syncom.net (Charles Youse) Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 09:02:15 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Actually, that wouldn't be terribly hard -- I remember modifying > system-level code to run on MCA 286 machines. In a nutshell, the > differences are numerous but largely minor (e.g., the 8259s needs to run > in level-triggered mode as opposed to edge). These differences between > ISA and MCA are enough to keep a stock kernel from running [properly] > but shouldn't be prohibitive to change. Yes, most of that can be gleaned from some linux and minix patches and a few snippets of old PS/2 BSD code that I found. I am thinking that it may not be all that difficult after all, at least for a simple scsi port and the 3com 3c523 ethernet card. > I think I have an MCA 386SX machine sitting around somewhere. Want to > give it a whirl? Yes.... Which model? The only thing I like is the model 80....a rugged dinosaur, but good for a single user workstation or ftp archive box. Bob Keys rdkeys@seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu...... last of the ps2 freaks......(:+{{..... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message