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From: Borja Marcos borjam@we....
Subject: PC-clone hardware
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 1995 05:40:49 -0400

> 
> "BM" == Borja Marcos <borjam@we....> writes:
> 
> 
>    I agree with this.
> 
>    Also, on the theory that if a PC supports Linux it is a reasonably
> good bet it will support plan9, I might suggest lurking in places like
> comp.os.linux.hardware? (I can think of a couple of PC vendors who
> sell what they claim to be Linux compatible systems but I have never
> used one so I can't recommend any.)

	Yes, a good test is to run OS/2, a version of Unix and Linux.
If the three systems work, the motherboard may work.

	A VERY IMPORTANT suggestion: test your motherboard with
_all the cards you want to use_. I have seen motherboards work
fine until you add a SCSI host adapter and/or an ethernet card.

	I think we should have a sort of recommended hardware list.
I can volunteer to maintain it. It would be written from the
experiences of the members of this list with different kinds of
hardware.

	Borja.


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