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From: rickr@bleu.cs.wisc.edu (Rick Rasmussen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.mach
Subject: Re: Mach 2.5 on i386 -- HW requirements
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Date: 28 Nov 90 20:15:26 GMT
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In article <1990Nov20.183657.15800@cs.columbia.edu>, ji@close.columbia.edu (John Ioannidis) writes:

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|> There is one catch; the boot floppies you
|> get (at least the ones we got) had a kernel compiled only for the 3Com
|> 3c501 controller (although mach also supports the WD8003 and the
|> PC-586). You'll have to borrow a 3c501 to bring it up.
...
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I installed mach with a western digital card in place.  If you
are concerned about this, try mailing "machi386@cs.cmu.edu".

Rick Rasmussen
rickr@cs.wisc.edu