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Date:      Wed, 21 Jun 2000 14:50:02 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
To:        wilko@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Does anyone know how to define RAMDAC and clock chip of Mach64 for FreeBSD4.0/Alpha?
Message-ID:  <14673.3558.125976.170355@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20000621204621.D238@freebie.wbnet>
References:  <49256904.000603D4.00@cmnotesx.nimc.go.jp> <14670.54275.206271.399227@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <20000620082737.A4615@freebie.wbnet> <14671.26090.747395.116295@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <20000621204621.D238@freebie.wbnet>

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Wilko Bulte writes:
 > 
 > > Also, some video cards will not work as console devices because the
 > > SRM console's x86 emulator is incapable of running their BIOSes.
 > 
 > Right, but sofar I have not had *that* problem. Even an ancient ET4000 ISA
 > worked for me.

I think newer cards which use 32-bit x86 instructions are the
problematic ones, not older cards.  I remember reading that the SRM's
x86 emulator was only capable of runing 80286 & not 80386
instructions...  Is this true?

Drew

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