Subject: Re: how far has the sb3 work come?
To: nm <nmanisca@vt.edu>
From: Matt Thomas <matt@3am-software.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 11/24/1999 19:48:58
At 05:23 PM 11/24/99 , nm wrote:
>I am an owner of a SparcBOOK 3GS (almost the same
>as the 3GX). Right now it runs Solaris 2.6 and
>has 32MB of ram. This is really not enough memory
>for Solaris 2.6 (with the current configuration).
>
>I would love to run NetBSD on this system if I can
>take advantage of many/most of the following features:
>
>pcmcia hard disk
>pcmcia 28.8 modem
nope. I keep meaning to get back to this.
>32/24-bit color on the LCD
nope. That would mean writing from X ddx code. Yuck!
>the onboard sound chip
ha! Someday but it requires using the ISDN interface
since the sound chip resides behind it.
>power management
>suspend/resume (if possible)
nope.
>Does NetBSD support some of these features? Which ones
>are supported and which are not? Would I need to keep
>up with current (or a snapshot of current) to use some
>of these features?
haven't tried any of the packages.
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