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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: list of supported notebooks
To: br@netland.sub.de (Bernd Rosauer)
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 13:19:58 -0700 (MST)
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> The usual reply is "1. Check the hardware specs of the notebook.
> 2. Check the list of supported hardware of a) *BSD, b) XFree86,
> and c) whatsoever" mostly followed by a statement like "the driver
> for *** is in current development".
> 
> It might be of help for the people who are asking for advice but
> in the long run it is somewhat disappointing for those watching
> what is going on.  Additionally, twice a year, the manufactures
> put new models on the market.  Thus, who could keep up?
> 
> In my opinion it would be nice to have a list of "successful
> installations" telling who runs which *BSD and which applications
> on which brand and model of notebook and what he/she did to make
> it work.  Although I am short of time and surely do lack some
> expertise I would volunteer for compiling and posting such a list
> on a regular basis if we could develop and agree on a form asking
> the relevant questions which the notebook owners simply could fill
> in.
> 
> Any suggestions?

>From my experience, "in current developement" means that it works,
but the code has not been integrated into the main line source
base.

For instance, Nate Williams has working APM (power management) for
suspend/resume.

HOSOKAWA, Tatsumi has long been working on PCMCIA, and if you
follow his announcements in the lists and the news groups, you
know that the disk are available for download.

There are five PCIC bridge chipsets, three of which are compatible,
two of which are no longer used, and the third used by Epson or
Olivetti (I forget which).  There is support for the largest
family of bridge chipsets, but not the others.  Here is a partial
reprise:

					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
---
Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.
=============================================================================
] You can install FreeBSD 2.1.0R with various PCMCIA Ethernet cards,
] PCMICA modem cards, and *CD-ROMs over PCMCIA SCSI cards* !!
] 
] You can get it from,
] 
] ftp://bash.cc.keio.ac.jp/pub/os/FreeBSD/alpha-test/pccard-flp/pccard-flp-960211.tar.gz
] 
] [CAUTION]: We are not responsible for the proper functioning of it,
] and we are not responsible for damages incurred with its use.
] 
] Currently this floppy supports:
] 
] Machines:
] 	Laptops with Intel i82365SL or compatible PCICs (Cirrus Logic,
] 	VLSI, Vadem, etc.)
] 
] PCMCIA Cards:
]         Ethernet:
] 	        IBM PCMCIA Ethernet I/II
] 		Accton? UE2212 (Very Slow)
] 		Accton EN2212 (Very Slow)
] 		3Com Etherlink III 3C589B, 3C589C
] 		Farallon EtherMac
] 		Fujitsu MBH10302
] 		NextCom J Link NC5310
] 	FAX/Modem:
] 		Megahertz XJ1144
] 		Megahertz XJ2144
] 		Megahertz XJ2144J
] 		Megahertz XJ2288
] 		Omron ME2814 FAX/DATA MODEM (IRQ 3)
] 		Omron MD24XCA FAX/Data Modem
] 		TDK DF1414 FAX/Data Modem
] 		TDK DF1414EX FAX/Data Modem
] 		NewMedia 14.4K FAX/Data Modem
] 		PREMAX FM288 FAX/Data Modem
] 		Novalink NovaModem 144
] 		US Robotics Sportster PCMCIA V.34 (IRQ 3)
] 		US Robotics COURIER PCMCIA V.34 (IRQ 3)
] 		Xircom CreditCard Ethernet+Modem (Modem only !!!, IRQ 3)
] 		GATEWAY 2000 FAX/Data Modem (14.4K)
] 	ISDN:
] 		BUG Linkboy D64K
] 	Digital Cellular:
] 		NTT DoCoMo DATA/FAX Adapter
] 	SCSI:
] 		Adaptec SlimSCSI APA-1460 (IRQ 5)
] 		NewMedia BusToaster
] 		RATOC REX-5535AC
] 		RATOC REX-5535AMC
] 		RATOC REX-5535X
] 
] We have not tested it on every card.  These cards witout "(IRQ x)"
] uses IRQ 10 or IRQ 11.  Please confirm that your machine does not use
] IRQ 10 or IRQ 11 before installation.  I'm not sure whether this
] floppy can drive the cards whose IRQ is 3 properly.
] 
] The pccard driver is based on "pccard-test" package 960207-alpha
] release.  If you want to read the source of this floppy, please wait
] for the next release of "pccard-test" package.  If you need it ASAP,
] please e-mail me about it.
] --
] 	HOSOKAWA, Tatsumi              E-mail: hosokawa@mt.cs.keio.ac.jp
] 	  WWW homepage: http://www.mt.cs.keio.ac.jp/person/hosokawa.html
] 	Department of Computer Science, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan
=============================================================================