From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 9 13:55:46 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id NAA23764 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 9 Jan 1997 13:55:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from echonyc.com (echonyc.com [198.67.15.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id NAA23758 for ; Thu, 9 Jan 1997 13:55:41 -0800 (PST) Received: (from benedict@localhost) by echonyc.com (8.8.4/8.8.3) id QAA23415; Thu, 9 Jan 1997 16:55:14 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 16:55:13 -0500 (EST) From: Snob Art Genre To: "Paul T. Root" cc: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, root@auselda.it, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Venting a little at Doug's expense. In-Reply-To: <199701091910.NAA00719@horton.iaces.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 9 Jan 1997, Paul T. Root wrote: > > > > BTW, don't expect the Compaq to work, they have known compatibility > > problems with FreeBSD. > > I continue to see this from you, Doug. And I get more annoyed. I have > 3 Compaqs running just fine. 2 are DeskPro 2000, and one is an old > 486. While they weren't my first choice, they are what I got from > our purchasing (or put together from surplus). > Paul. Well, I tried to install FreeBSD on a Presario 7170 with no luck. And Compaq's machines are terrible for other reasons. When I opened this thing up I found out that the video card is built into the motherboard. Bleccchhh. It also appears to be impossible, or at least difficult, to put the case back on after taking it off without breaking the power switch! > > -- > Are you with the bride or the failure? - MST 3000 > Ben