Subject: Re: New guy...
To: NetBSD Bob <nbsdbob@weedcon1.cropsci.ncsu.edu>
From: linc <linc@thelinuxlink.net>
List: port-vax
Date: 05/24/2001 15:33:03
On Thu, 24 May 2001, NetBSD Bob wrote:
> > OK, next set of questions.. Can I get some sort of scsi card for this
> > machine? Does the GPX work with/under NetBSD? Will my M7516-YM
> > (ethernet) work under NetBSD - different info shows lance only?
>
> Well, on the scsi, you are about 100th in line at the mystical magickal
> qbus scsi card sellers flea market......(:+}}...
>
> Commercial vendors will rip yer bloody pocketbook off, if I can believe
> the prices I have seen. That's a shame, on legacy hardware that mostly
> only the hobby folks use, anymore.
>
That's what I figured :-)
> The DELQA should work fine.
Great!
>
> The GPX is unsupported (AFIK). (can it work in text mode?)
That's ok, I am not getting a monitor with it anyhow and wouldn't have
room for one. I figured on running it with a vt sitting at the top (like
my 3100). Besides, I kinda like console mode anyhow :-)
On a related note, I am also picking up a MV2000 at the same time - any
comments on that machine?
-Linc.
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