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- From: jburnes@csisun.uucp (Jim Burnes)
- Subject: [386BSD] Latest Update
- Message-ID: <C04uIJ.18D@csisun.uucp>
- Organization: CompuSci, Inc
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 16:44:42 GMT
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- I have a couple of questions about 386bsd since I have been of
- then net for about 4 months [serious withdrawl] and need to
- know where it stands...
-
- 1. I have the 0.1 distribution sitting next to me on a bunch
- of microdisks. Has a newer version come out? Any rumours?
- Who is the keeper of the lastest patched version/patches?
-
- 2. Has anyone come up with a hack on 'bootany' or 'shoelace'
- to let you boot either MSDOS/BSD or whatever?
-
- 3. I'm interested in getting x386 to run on top of 386bsd.
- I've read a lot lately about graphics accelerators and
- everytime I read it seems like 2 months from now better/faster
- accelerators will be out. Right now it seems like a
- battle between the Actix Grphicsengine 32/VLbus or
- the ATI Ultra Pro with a strong showing of support
- for the S3 chips. In the coming months it looks like
- the S3/928 chipset or the new Matrox chip may be the
- way to go. Matrox apparently is building in (get this)
- Goroud shading.
-
- 4 BTW: What are peoples favorite window managers for X386?
- I would think 'tvtwm' is pretty popular. Is it possible
- to buy Motif from OSF and just compile it down for x386?
- Several advantages for MOTIF here...namely the HP Motif
- Interface builder "winterp" can be used on it. I heard
- somewhere that Motif was $100 from OSF.
-
- 4. I'm planning upgrades now for installing 386bsd. I think
- a 15 or 17 inch MAG monitor would be great. For a hard
- drive either a 213 or a 340 would seem my most affordable
- price point. Anyone have any idea on the best performance/
- value on these critters? Seems like Maxtor and WD are
- the way to go.
-
- 5. At the current prices it seems like the AMD 386/40 VLbus
- motherboards are still a better deal than the 486's.
- My own pet theory is that a 386/40 is faster than most
- people realize. Combined with a decent graphics accelerator
- such a system should really fly. Even with the additional
- cost of a Cyrix 387/40 its still cheaper than 486's. Are
- there large additional benefits of a 486 on 386BSD? My
- guess would be that the large on-chip cache would visibly
- speed things up if the kernel stays in it most of the time.
-
- 6. What about SCSI/tape backup support? Serial ports, parallel
- printer drivers etc etc.
-
- Thanks for taking the time.....
-
- Many thanks to the Jolitzs for a serious act of philanthropy.
-
- Support the hacker ethic!
-
- Jim Burnes
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