Subject: Re: Questions about features of NetBSD
To: None <current-users@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Ernst J. du Toit <ernstjdt@maxwell.ctech.ac.za>
List: current-users
Date: 04/12/1995 08:07:54
>
> On Mon, 10 Apr 1995 13:02:18 -0400
> der Mouse <mouse@Collatz.McRCIM.McGill.EDU> wrote:
>
> > You did say "isa". If you mean the bus used in many x86 family
> > machines, you should probably take it to port-i386 rather than
> > current-users. Machine independence is relative; in the context of
> > current-users, nothing x86-specific can be machine independent.
> >
> Not necessarily...The i386-family isn't the *only* machine out there with
> ISA...Otherwise, why would there be `/sys/dev/isa' ? (or eisa, or pci...)
>
Well, I DO have this TATUNG MARINER Sparc clone machine that runs SunOS
4.1 of an Adaptec 1542B on an ISA bus... Yes I know, shudder, you should
see that disk preformance :-) Anyway I'd LOVE to see NetBSD support this
'thing' its due for retirement this year and I can sure use it longer if
possible...
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