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From: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net>
To: Daniel Zappala <zappala@cs.uoregon.edu>
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Subject: Re: CardBus machines -- still unclear 
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Hi,

> 
> I would very much like to get an IBM 560X and am still unclear
> whether I can boot any version of FreeBSD on it.  
>  ...
> So what can I expect from a "CardBus machine":
> 
> a) have it not boot the OS
> b) have it boot the OS but not recognize the NIC or other PCMCIA cards
> c) have it boot the OS and recognize any 16-bit cards, but not be able
> to use CardBus cards.
> 
> I'd love to hear the answer is b :-)

don't you mean c? thats the answer I want!
How about DEC, are their machine known to be compatible with FreeBSD?
I'm leaning towards the ultra 2000...

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