From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Mar 12 10:23: 0 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from Ilsa.StevesCafe.com (Ilsa.StevesCafe.com [205.168.119.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0E9915405 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 1999 10:22:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fbsd@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com) Received: from Ilsa.StevesCafe.com (localhost.StevesCafe.com [127.0.0.1]) by Ilsa.StevesCafe.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA02045; Fri, 12 Mar 1999 11:27:37 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <199903121827.LAA02045@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 From: Steve Passe To: Scott Mitchell Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: compatibility list In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 12 Mar 1999 09:51:37 GMT." <19990312095137.V23921@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 11:27:36 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi, > They seem to have dropped the price -- only 300 bucks now [cf. the $500 > that Nate paid :-( ] > > Random idea time: members of the PCMCIA cabal get the same thing for $50. > Would we be violating anyone's licence if someone in one of the member > companies bought a couple of copies (with FreeBSD cash) and then 'donated' > them back to the project? Too much trouble to save a couple hundred bucks? > > I'd try this with my contacts at Xircom, but I think I should wait until > I've signed the licence and got the specs for their own cards before seeing > how far I can push this relationship :) I would suggest that anyone doing coding on this project get copies of: PCMCIA System Architecture, 2nd edition, ISBN 0-201-40991-7 CardBus System Architecture, ISBN 0-201-40997-6 both books published by MindShare, Inc. as part of the PC System Architecture series. -- Steve Passe | powered by smp@csn.net | Symmetric MultiProcessor FreeBSD To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message