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Date:      Thu, 1 Aug 1996 21:01:57 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        Brian Hasden <afn27323@afn.org>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.960801210031.219B-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3200C566.1D83@afn.org>

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On Thu, 1 Aug 1996, Brian Hasden wrote:

> What is FreeBSD? From reading about your web site I was under the idea
> that it can make my computer into a "http://www.whatever.com" thing. Is
> that true? If so does the software work on standard computers e.g.
> Packard Bell 486 DX2/66? 

As long as it isn't too nonstandard and you have an Internet connection,
you most certainly can.

FreeBSD is a freely available implementation of BSD 4.4, a Unix-style
operating system for the i386 architecture.  It works on most 386, 486,
and above computers.  

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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