Subject: Re: Weird happenings with 1.0R
To: Herb Peyerl <hpeyerl@novatel.ca>
From: Bror 'Count' Heinola <count@snafu.muncca.fi>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 02/02/1995 19:26:35
> "Bror 'Count' Heinola" <count@snafu.muncca.fi>  wrote:
>  > 	1) Characters are missing from the screen. Ie. there are empty spaces
>  > 	instead of characters, and the places change randomly if screen is
>  > 	refreshed with CTRL-L. Same thing happens with GENERICAHA and my
>  > 	custom kernel.
> 
> This looks familiar.
> 
>  > 	GREEN 486DX motherboard (ALI chipset) with 486DX2/50 CPU / 256k cache
> 
> uh huh... This is one of those motherboards that has PCI, VLB and ISA
> slots, plus supports any cpu from 486sx33 all the way up to 486DX4/100,
> and has a billion jumper settings for everything from wait staites, to
> whether the kitchen sink gets cleaned after you make chili... It also
> cost about $75 CDN right?

	It has only ISA and VLB. But sure, lots of jumpers and stuff,
	extremely annoying to configure. 

> After I saw this I thought, nope, I don't need those headaches and 
> didn't buy the motherboard...
> 
> Not that this is overly helpful, but I thought I'd share what little
> experience I've had with "GREEN" motherboards...

	Ok, well, maybe we have to get yet another motherboard for that
	thing...


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