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> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am very interested in using FreeBSD on my old Compaq box, but the only 
> problem is, I can't seem to find where Windows holds the system information. 
> (Stupid Windows) Does anyone have any ideas or know which port I should use?

Huh???    I can't think of anything you could learn from Windows that
would tell you which "port" you would use.
Do you mean which hardware platform version of FreeBSD?
Well, if the box was running MS windows, you want FreeBSD for 
the i386 platform.   Also, I don't think anything Compaq has put out 
in the last 10 years would be anything but i386.

Maybe you need to get on the FreeBSD web site:  http://www.freebsd.org/
and do a bunch of reading - follow various links on that page -  before 
getting started.   Also, you might want to go throught the FAQs and even 
some online publications such as articles from onlamp.com.    This will 
help you understand the bigger picture.

////jerry

> 
> Thanks in advance for any help,
> Mike
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