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From: Paul Richards <paul@isl.cf.ac.uk>
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Subject: Re: PCMCIA and FreeBSD (fwd)
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Do we support the following laptops? Any advice.

In reply to Tim Rylance who said
> From tkr@puffball.demon.co.uk Wed Apr 19 15:22:43 1995
> From: Tim Rylance <tkr@puffball.demon.co.uk>
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> Subject: Re: PCMCIA and FreeBSD
> To: paul@isl.cf.ac.uk (Paul Richards)
> Date: Wed, 19 Apr 1995 15:21:07 +0100 (BST)
> In-Reply-To: <199504131930.UAA13767@isl.cf.ac.uk> from "Paul Richards" at Apr 13, 95 08:30:11 pm
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> : Ok, if you want to run FreeBSD let me know and I'll find out if what exactly
> : we support laptop-wise.
> 
> Well Solaris costs a fortune in memory, runs like a dog, isn't UNIX, doesn't
> have source (I'm running it on my sparc); I'm mildly prejudiced against
> Linux (it's a lot more like UNIX than Solaris is, though); BSD/OS is
> possible but relatively expensive; FreeBSD looks the best bet.  Alternatively,
> I have a copy of Windoze 95 :-).
> 
> I'm considering the Dell Latitude XP, the Digital Hi-Note Ultra, and the
> Toshiba T2150 at the moment.  Mike forwarded a message (from freebsd-hardware?)
> saying the Dell+3c589 doesn't work because Dell use a PCMCIA chipset that
> FreeBSD doesn't support.  I think I'll get Linux-on-4CDs-for-$25 just to
> see what's going on (Linux is rumoured to have "proper" PCMCIA support).

-- 
  Paul Richards, FreeBSD core team member. 
  Internet: paul@FreeBSD.org,  URL: http://isl.cf.ac.uk/~paul/
  Phone: +44 1222 874000 x6646 (work), +44 1222 457651 (home)
  Dept. Mechanical Engineering, University of Wales, College Cardiff.