From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 13 01:52:41 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id BAA21540 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 13 Oct 1995 01:52:41 -0700 Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id BAA21535 for ; Fri, 13 Oct 1995 01:52:38 -0700 Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id SAA18683; Fri, 13 Oct 1995 18:52:47 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199510130922.SAA18683@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: FreeBSD on an Altos 386 To: cam@pinnacle.co.nz (Cam Mander-Merrilees) Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 18:52:47 +0930 (CST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199510122234.LAA19350@kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz> from "Cam Mander-Merrilees" at Oct 13, 95 11:34:43 am Content-Type: text Content-Length: 920 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Cam Mander-Merrilees stands accused of saying: > > We have an OLD Altos 386 with : > 8 MB RAM > 60MB QIC Streaming Tape drive (ESDI ?) > 1.2 MB 5.25" Floppy disk drive (ESDI ?) > Ethernet Card > 370 MB SCSI Hard Drive > > > Is this possible ??? Depends. Is this a PC-architecture system, or one of those revolting Altos Xenix machines? If the former, what is the ethernet card? The tape is probably QIC, and the floppy is certainly not ESDI 8) > Campbell Mander-Merrilees e-mail : cam@pinnacle.co.nz -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" -Terry Lambert UNIX: live FreeBSD or die! [[