> such "propreitary" hardware ?  That machine belongs to a lab of ours, and
> has only run Windoze NT and the like; now they are offering it for sale,
> and I wasn't sure if it would be a wise deal.  

it is compatible with other i386's. should work
 
> Any experiences etc on running any BSD flavour on such machines would be
> great.  If you feel this is an off-topic mail, please mail me off the
> list.
> 
> Have a nice day!
> 
> Thanks,
> __
> Rakhesh Sasidharan	rakhesh at cse.iitd.ac.in
> 
> 

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UNIX *is* user friendly.
It is just a bit selective about his friends.