Chris Gilbert wrote:

> I'd be surprised if netscape are interested, as they'll make little money
> from it, unless it runs on Digital's NCs...

The precise reason NCI did the port was _so_that_ it would run on DEC
NCs. Although the 'BSD market is incidental, they don't seem too adverse
to the idea, but these things take time...

> > A DMAd driver _is_ expected in the near future, but I've been saying
> > this for the past year or so, so don't take it as Gospel. Basically, the
> > driver is such that the first DMA works fine, and then it hangs waiting
> > for a 'counter finished counting' interrupt, which never happens (or
> > something like that, Scott can clarify). I believe one of the more
> > recent developments is that Gary Partis (designed the card) and a dood
> > at Cumana may be interested in writing drivers themselves, so the
> > likelihood of things happening is now more probably than before AFAIK.
> 
> Great, only question is will they release the source code, or will ppl
> need to use they're pre-compiled kernels?

I believe they'd release the source. Scott seems to have disappeared...

	N.