an update of what i have found.  i booted NetBSD from the floppies.  boots up
just fine, recognizes all the ISA cards no sweat.  cool.  can't deal with the
EISA SCSI host since it isn't configured, but that isn't suprising.

just thought i'd let you all know

-brian

-- 
"Yes, evil comes in many forms, whether it be a man-eating cow or
 Joseph Stalin, but you can't let the package hide the pudding!  Evil
 is just plain bad!  You don't cotton to it.  You gotta smack it in the
 nose with the rolled-up newspaper of goodness!  Bad dog!  Bad dog!"
                                --The Tick