Date: Sat, 15 Jun 1996 04:27:03 +0900 From: KATO Takenori <kato@eclogite.eps.nagoya-u.ac.jp> To: current@freebsd.org Cc: FreeBSD@center.nitech.ac.jp Subject: Re: The Great PC98 Merge Message-ID: <199606141927.EAA00370@marble.eps.nagoya-u.ac.jp> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 14 Jun 1996 03:59:56 -0700 (PDT)" References: <199606141059.DAA01863@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU>
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To non-Japanese folks, I would say `What PC98 is?'
NEC PC98 and its compatible machines are Intel based machine which are
common in Japan. The word `PC98' stands for `PC-9801' and `PC-9821.'
The word `PC98' also includes its compatible, which was made by
SEIKO-EPSON.
Some part of PC-9801 architecture is similar to that of IBM-PC (e.g.,
both of them have 640KB conventional RAM, Intel CPU, uPD 765 FDC,
i8237 DMAC, and i8259 PIC). However, PC98 is different in many part
of hardware stuff and BIOS I/F from IBM-PC (e.g., I/O port assign,
graphic stuff, and wd33c93 based SCSI card).
We, FreeBSD(98) developers, have ported FreeBSD to suit it to PC98
machines since a few years ago, and FreeBSD(98), which means `FreeBSD
for PC98', may become most common free UNIX-like OS _for PC98_ in
Japan. (Linux for PC98 has not been maintained for a few years, and
it works only on some old computers.)
We are pleased at merging our code into FreeBSD-current. We
thank to FreeBSD core team for their decision for merging PC98 code.
If you have any comment or question, please send an E-mail to:
FreeBSD@center.nitech.ac.jp
in Japanese or English. Any comments and questions are welcomed.
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KATO Takenori <kato@eclogite.eps.nagoya-u.ac.jp>
Dept. Earth Planet. Sci., Nagoya Univ., Nagoya, 464-01, Japan
Voice: +81-52-789-2529 Fax: +81-52-789-3033
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