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To: "David W. Stevens" <dave@lazerlink.com>
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Subject: Re: Supermicro P6DLH with i960 IO chip? 
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Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 12:22:25 +1000
From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
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> Anyone know if FreeBSD takes advantage of this i960 IO chip on the
> Supermicro board?  I'm interested in purchasing one.

No.  This is an I2O board, and despite the recent leak of the I2O 
document, there is no substantial support for I2O in any of the free 
operating systems at this time.

mike