From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 12 12:57:42 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id MAA20092 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 12 May 1995 12:57:42 -0700 Received: from ref.tfs.com (ref.tfs.com [140.145.254.251]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id MAA20084 for ; Fri, 12 May 1995 12:57:40 -0700 Received: (from julian@localhost) by ref.tfs.com (8.6.8/8.6.6) id MAA05258; Fri, 12 May 1995 12:57:19 -0700 From: Julian Elischer Message-Id: <199505121957.MAA05258@ref.tfs.com> Subject: Re: SCSI boards and then some. To: SahagunS@aol.com Date: Fri, 12 May 1995 12:57:18 -0700 (PDT) Cc: Questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <950512015447_116005844@aol.com> from "SahagunS@aol.com" at May 12, 95 05:12:17 am Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1169 Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > After reading section 3, titled 'Hardware compatibility', it is not clear if > the SCSI portion of a Sound Blaster 16 SCSI-2 card will work with freeBSD > 2.0. I do have a need for sampling, but under Windows only, and I don't > anticipate that i'll ever need to boot from a SCSI device. I'm really just > trying to avoid buying a sound card and a SCSI card. I really don't have my > heart set on a particular brand of sound card or CD-ROM. I'm open for > suggestions. > > > Is shared memory as a means of IPC allowed in freeBSD 2.0? yes if turned on.. (in the kernel.. it's a compile time option) see /usr/share/FAQ/FreeBSD.FAQ.. part 6 > > Can the priority levels of tasks be changed dynamically? see 'NICE' type "man nice" > > > How do two tasks, for example, share the PC's screen? first come first served.. data get's intermixed.. use CTL-ALT-F1 ->CTL-ALT-Fx to switch between differnt 'virtual' screens. you can run separate processes on each.. > > > And finally, is there a port of freeBSD for a 68k platform? no, though there is a NetBSD for the MAC and AMIGA > > > Thanks much. > > SahagunS@aol.com or 73707,2416@compuserve.com > >