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1.1       deraadt    15: <h2>OpenBSD/i386</h2>
                     16:
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1.54      deraadt    18:
1.32      grr        19: <p>
1.54      deraadt    20: <h3><font color=#0000e0>Installation with Other Operating Systems:</font></h3>
1.46      deraadt    21: The OpenBSD/i386 port can be installed to share the system disks with
1.32      grr        22: other operating systems such as MSDOS, Windows or Linux using the MSDOS
                     23: MBR/partition scheme and an optional boot selector.  Everyday operation is
                     24: trouble free, but setup requires care and Windows '95 installation is known
                     25: to be careless about pre-existing MBR/partition information.
                     26: See the Installation Notes for more details.
1.34      johns      27:
1.32      grr        28: <p>
1.54      deraadt    29: <h3><font color=#0000e0>Binary compatibility with other Operating Systems:</font></h3>
1.46      deraadt    30: The OpenBSD/i386 port can run Linux, FreeBSD, BSD/OS,
1.44      deraadt    31: SVR4 (including Solaris), and IBCS2 binaries.
                     32:
                     33: <p>
1.54      deraadt    34: <h3><font color=#0000e0>Supported Hardware:</font></h3>
1.46      deraadt    35: The OpenBSD/i386 port works across a broad range of standard PC's and clones,
1.32      grr        36: with a wide variety of processors and I/O bus architecures.  It can be expected
1.53      todd       37: to install and run with minimal difficulty on most current products.
1.32      grr        38: The cases where problems may be encountered are typically older proprietary
                     39: PC's, Laptops or specialized server boxes that rely on a custom BIOS to paper
                     40: over implementation differences.
1.34      johns      41:
1.32      grr        42: <p>
                     43: OpenBSD does not currently support multiple processors, but will run using
                     44: one processor on a multi-processor system board.
1.34      johns      45:
1.31      deraadt    46: <p>
                     47: <ul>
1.106     chris      48: <li> All mainstream i386 architecture CPU chips
                     49: <ul>
                     50: <LI>386/486 (SX/DX)
                     51: <li>Intel Pentium/Pentium-MMX
                     52: <li>Intel Pentium Pro/II/III
                     53: <LI>AMD K5/K6/K6-2/K6-3
                     54: <LI>AMD Athlon
                     55: <LI>Cyrix MediaGX/M1/M2
                     56: <LI>Rise mP6
                     57: <LI>IDT WinChip
                     58: <LI>NexGen 586
                     59: </ul>
                     60: Everything that is a clone of the 386 or up should work fine.  The
                     61: only CPU that is known to work poorly (due to flawed
                     62: motherboard designs) is the Cyrix 386DLC.
1.75      deraadt    63: <li> All standard ISA, EISA, VLB, PCI, or PCMCIA bus based machines.
1.31      deraadt    64: <li> Floppy controllers.
1.75      deraadt    65: <li> ISA MFM, ESDI, IDE, and RLL hard disk controllers.
1.34      johns      66: <li> SCSI host adapters:
                     67:   <ul>
                     68:   <li> Adaptec AHA-154xA, -B, -C, and -CF
                     69:   <li> Adaptec AHA-174x
1.45      deraadt    70:   <li> Adaptec AIC-6260 and AIC-6360 based boards, including the
                     71:        Adaptec AHA-152x and the SoundBlaster SCSI host adapter.
                     72:        (Note that you cannot boot from these boards if they do not have
                     73:        a boot ROM; only the AHA-152x and motherboards using this chip
                     74:        are likely to be bootable, consequently.)
                     75:   <li> Adaptec AIC-7770-based SCSI host adapters (including the
                     76:        Adaptec AHA-274x, AHA-284x families).
                     77:   <li> Adaptec AHA-[23]94x[W] cards and some onboard PCI designs using the
1.98      deraadt    78:        AIC7870 and AIC7880 chips.
1.55      downsj     79:   <li> Buslogic 54x (Adaptec AHA-154x clones)
1.45      deraadt    80:   <li> BusLogic 445, 74x, 9xx  (But not the new "FlashPoint" series
                     81:        of BusLogic SCSI adapters)
1.34      johns      82:   <li> Symbios Logic (NCR) 53C8xx-based PCI SCSI host adapters
1.55      downsj     83:        (Including generic/no name cards, old ASUS cards, the DTC-3130 series,
                     84:        Diamond Fireport series, etc.)
1.34      johns      85:   <li> Ultrastor 14f, 34f, and (possibly) 24f
                     86:   <li> Seagate/Future Domain ISA SCSI adapter cards, including
                     87:     <ul>
                     88:     <li> ST01/02
                     89:     <li> Future Domain TMC-885
                     90:     <li> Future Domain TMC-950
                     91:     </ul>
1.108     chris      92:   <li> WD-7000 SCSI host adapters
                     93:   <li> QLogic PCI SCSI controllers
                     94:   <li> AdvanSys PCI SCSI controllers
1.34      johns      95:   </ul>
                     96:
1.108     chris      97: <li> MDA, CGA, VGA, SVGA, and HGC Display Adapters
1.45      deraadt    98:        (Note that not all of the display adapters OpenBSD/i386
                     99:        can work with are supported by X.
1.75      deraadt   100:        See the <A HREF="http://www.xfree86.org/FAQ">XFree86 FAQ</a> for more information.)
1.34      johns     101:
                    102: <li> Serial ports:
                    103:   <ul>
                    104:   <li> 8250/16450-based ports
                    105:   <li> 16550-based ports
1.56      downsj    106:   <li> ST16650-based ports
1.61      downsj    107:   <li> XR16850-based ports (only in the pccom driver)
1.37      johns     108:   <li> AST-style 4-port serial boards <sup>(1)</sup>
                    109:   <li> BOCA 8-port serial cards <sup>(1)</sup>
                    110:   <li> Cyclades Cyclom-{4, 8, 16}Y serial boards <sup>(1)</sup>
                    111:   <li> IBM PC-RT 4-port serial boards <sup>(1)</sup>
1.34      johns     112:   </ul>
                    113:
1.31      deraadt   114: <li> Parallel ports.
1.34      johns     115:
1.89      fgsch     116: <li> PCMCIA:
                    117:   <ul>
1.102     deraadt   118:   <li> ATA cards
                    119:     <ul>
1.108     chris     120:     <li> ATA/IDE card drives
                    121:     <li> ATA/IDE CDROM adapters
1.109   ! chris     122:     <li> ATA flash cards? (Please try these and report your results!)
        !           123:     <li> Compact flash cards? (Please try these and report your results!)
1.102     deraadt   124:     </ul>
1.89      fgsch     125:   <li> SCSI host adapters:
                    126:     <ul>
1.109   ! chris     127:     <li> Adaptec SlimSCSI APA-14[56]0
1.89      fgsch     128:     </ul>
                    129:   <li> Serial ports:
                    130:     <ul>
                    131:     <li> Virtually all modems, digital cellular modems, and serial cards should work.
                    132:     </ul>
                    133:   <li> Ethernet adapters:
                    134:     <ul>
1.91      fgsch     135:     <li> 3COM 3c589
1.89      fgsch     136:     <li> D-Link DE-660
1.91      fgsch     137:     <li> D-Link DFE-650 Fast Ethernet
1.89      fgsch     138:     <li> Genius ME 3000II SE
1.90      fgsch     139:     <li> Hawking Ethernet Combo
1.89      fgsch     140:     <li> IC-Card
                    141:     <li> Kingston KNE-PC2
1.91      fgsch     142:     <li> Linksys PCMPC100
                    143:     <li> Netgear FA410TX Fast Ethernet
1.108     chris     144:     <li> Xircom ethernet adapters
1.89      fgsch     145:     </ul>
                    146:   </ul>
1.98      deraadt   147: <li> ATM adapters:
                    148:   <ul>
1.108     chris     149:   <li> Efficient Networks EN-155 and Adaptec ANA-590x ATM interfaces <sup>(1)</sup> (<i>en</i>)
1.98      deraadt   150:   </ul>
                    151: <li>FDDI adapters:
                    152:   <ul>
1.108     chris     153:   <li> Digital DEFEA EISA FDDI adapters (<i>fea</i>)
                    154:   <li> Digital DEFPA PCI FDDI adapters (<i>fpa</i>)
1.98      deraadt   155:   </ul>
                    156: <li>WAN adapters:
                    157:   <ul>
1.106     chris     158:   <li>Lan Media Corporation SSI (T1)/HSSI/DS1/DS3  WAN interfaces. (<i>lmc</i>)
1.98      deraadt   159:   </ul>
1.34      johns     160: <li> Ethernet adapters:
                    161:   <ul>
1.108     chris     162:   <li> Adaptec "Starfire" AIC-6915 based adapters, (<i>sf</i>) including:
1.106     chris     163:     <ul>
                    164:     <li> Adaptec Single32 ANA-69011
                    165:     <li> Adaptec Single64 ANA-62011
                    166:     <li> Adaptec Duo64 ANA-62022
                    167:     <li> Adaptec Quartet64 ANA-62044
                    168:     </ul>
                    169:   <li> Alteon Tigon I & II based PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapters, (<i>ti</i>) including:
1.100     jason     170:     <ul>
                    171:     <li> 3Com 3c985
                    172:     <li> Alteon ACEnic
                    173:     <li> Netgear GA620
                    174:     <li> SGI Tigon
                    175:     </ul>
                    176:
1.106     chris     177:   <li> AMD LANCE and PCnet-based ISA Ethernet adapters, (<i>le</i>) including:
1.34      johns     178:     <ul>
                    179:     <li> Novell NE1500T
                    180:     <li> Novell NE2100
                    181:     <li> Kingston 21xx
                    182:     </ul>
                    183:
                    184:   <li> AMD PCnet-based PCI Ethernet adapters, including:
                    185:     <ul>
                    186:     <li> BOCALANcard/PCI
                    187:     <li> AT&T StarLAN 10, EN100, and StarLAN Fiber
                    188:     </ul>
                    189:
1.106     chris     190:   <li> ASIX 88140A/88141-based PCI Ethernet adapters, (<i>ax</i>) including:
1.104     aaron     191:     <ul>
1.106     chris     192:     <li> CNet Pro110
                    193:     <li> Alfa Inc. GFC2204
1.104     aaron     194:     </ul>
                    195:
1.103     aaron     196:   <li> 3Com 3c501 (<i>el</i>)
                    197:   <li> 3Com 3c503 (<i>ec</i>)
                    198:   <li> 3Com 3c505 (<i>eg</i>) <sup>(1)</sup>
                    199:   <li> 3Com 3c507 (<i>ie</i>)
                    200:   <li> 3Com 3c509, 3c579, and 3c59x (<i>ep</i>)
                    201:   <li> 3Com 3c515 (<i>ef</i>)
1.106     chris     202:   <li> 3Com 3c9xx Etherlink XL adapters, (<i>xl</i>) including:
1.34      johns     203:     <ul>
1.106     chris     204:     <li>3Com 3c900/3c900B
                    205:     <li>3Com 3c905/3c905B/3c905C
                    206:     <li>3Com 3c980/3c980C server adapter
                    207:     <li>3Com 3c900B-FL and 3c900b-FL/FX fiber optic adapters
                    208:     <li>Dell on-board 3c920
                    209:     <li>Dell Precision on-board 3c905B
                    210:     <li>Dell Optiplex GX1 on-board 3c918
                    211:     <li>Dell Latitude laptop docking station embedded 3c905
                    212:     </ul>
                    213:   <li> Digital DC21x4x-based PCI Ethernet adapters, (<i>de</i>) including:
                    214:     <ul>
                    215:     <li> older SMC PCI EtherPower 10, 10/100
                    216:     <li> older LinkSys 10, 10/100 (newer models are supported by other drivers)
                    217:     <li> Znyx ZX34<i>x</i>
1.34      johns     218:     <li> Cogent EM100
                    219:     <li> Digital DE450
                    220:     <li> Digital DE500
1.57      deraadt   221:     <li> Almost all other variants work.
1.34      johns     222:     </ul>
1.106     chris     223:    <li> Digital DC2114x-based four port cards, (<i>de</i>) including:
1.77      deraadt   224:    <ul>
                    225:    <li> Adaptec ANA-6944A
1.106     chris     226:    <li> Cogent EM400
                    227:    <li> Compex 400TX
1.98      deraadt   228:    <li> Znyx ZX346
1.77      deraadt   229:    </ul>
1.37      johns     230:   <li> BICC Isolan <sup>(1)</sup> -- not recently tested
1.34      johns     231:   <li> SMC/WD 8003, 8013, and the SMC "Elite16" ISA boards
1.57      deraadt   232:   <li> SMC/WD 8216 (the SMC "Elite16 Ultra" ISA boards)  (See special care notice in <A HREF="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/i386/INSTALL.i386">INSTALL.i386</A>)
1.71      deraadt   233:   <li> SMC 8416 ("EtherEZ") PNP cards
1.69      jason     234:   <li> SMC 9432 ("EtherPower II") EPIC 10/100
1.98      deraadt   235:   <li> Intel EtherExpress 16 (<i>ie</i>)
1.106     chris     236:   <li> Novell NE1000, NE2000 (PCI and ISA variants thereof) (<i>ne</i>)
                    237:   <li> Intel 8255x-based PCI ethernet adapters, (<i>fxp</i>) including:
1.98      deraadt   238:     <ul>
1.106     chris     239:     <li> Intel EtherExpress PRO/10 and PRO/10+
                    240:     <li> Intel EtherExpress PRO/100, PRO/100B, and PRO/100+ cards
                    241:     <li> Intel EtherExpress PRO/100+ "Management Adapter"
                    242:     <li> Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 Dual Port cards
1.98      deraadt   243:     </ul>
1.106     chris     244:   <li> Texas Instruments ThunderLAN PCI Ethernet adapters, (<i>tl</i>) including:
1.73      jason     245:      <ul>
                    246:      <li> Compaq Netelligent PCI Adapters
                    247:      <li> Compaq NetFlex 3/P
                    248:      <li> Compaq Deskpro integrated adapter
                    249:      <li> Compaq Prosignia integrated adapter
1.87      jason     250:      <li> Olicom OC2135, OC2183, OC2325, OC2326
                    251:      <li> Racore 8165 and 8148
1.74      jason     252:      <li> TI ThunderLAN adapters
1.73      jason     253:      </ul>
1.106     chris     254:   <li> RealTek 8129/8139 based adapters, (<i>rl</i>) including:
1.78      jason     255:      <ul>
1.81      jason     256:      <li> Accton MPX 5030/5038
1.78      jason     257:      <li> Allied Telesyn AT2550
1.81      jason     258:      <li> Encore ENL832-TX 10/100 M PCI
1.78      jason     259:      <li> Genius GF100TXR
1.81      jason     260:      <li> KTX-9130TX 10/100 Fast Ethernet
                    261:      <li> Longshine LCS-8038TX-R
1.78      jason     262:      <li> NDC NE100TX-E
1.81      jason     263:      <li> Netronix EA-1210 Net Ether 10/100
1.78      jason     264:      <li> OvisLink LEF-8129TX, LEF-8139TX
1.87      jason     265:      <li> SMC EZ Card 10/100 PCI 1211-TX
1.78      jason     266:      </ul>
1.106     chris     267:   <li> Macronix 98713/98715/98725 Ethernet adapters, (<i>mx</i>) including:
1.83      jason     268:      <ul>
1.106     chris     269:      <li> Addtron AEF-320TX/AEF-330TX
1.83      jason     270:      <li> NDC Communications SOHOware SFA110
                    271:      <li> SVEC PN102-TX fast ethernet card
                    272:      </ul>
1.106     chris     273:   <li> VIA Rhine/RhineII Ethernet adapters, (<i>rl</i>) including:
1.84      downsj    274:      <ul>
1.106     chris     275:      <li> Addtron AEF-360TX
1.84      downsj    276:      <li> Hawking PN102TX
                    277:      <li> D-Link DFE530TX
                    278:      </ul>
1.106     chris     279:   <li> Lite-On PNIC/PNIC-II adapters, (<i>pn</i>) including:
1.85      jason     280:     <ul>
                    281:     <li> Netgear FA310TX rev D1
1.87      jason     282:     <li> LinkSys LNE100TX
1.85      jason     283:     <li> Matrox Networks FastNIC 10/100
                    284:     </ul>
1.106     chris     285:   <li> Winbond W89C840F Ethernet adapters, (<i>wb</i>) including:
1.88      jason     286:     <ul>
                    287:     <li> Trendware TE100-PCIE
1.106     chris     288:     <li> Compex RL100-ATX 10/100
1.88      jason     289:     </ul>
1.106     chris     290:   <li> SysKonnect SK-984x (9841/9842/9843/9844) Gigabit Ethernet adapters (<i>sk</i>)
1.34      johns     291:   </ul>
                    292:
1.80      deraadt   293: <li> Many kinds of ISA Plug-and-Play cards
                    294:   <ul>
1.108     chris     295:   <li>Nearly all SB-style audio cards
                    296:   <li>Nearly all joystick ports
                    297:   <li>Nearly all Yamaha-style audio cards
                    298:   <li>Nearly all ne2000-style ethernet cards
                    299:   <li>Nearly all SMC-style ethernet cards
                    300:   <li>Most serial port or modem cards
                    301:   <li>3c509 cards in PNP mode
                    302:   <li>NE2100 ethernet cards
1.80      deraadt   303:   <li>... If a device does not work, be sure to mail the output of dmesg(1)
                    304:        to dmesg@openbsd.org, and we will try to add support.
                    305:   </ul>
1.34      johns     306: <li> Tape drives:
                    307:   <ul>
                    308:   <li> Most SCSI tape drives
                    309:   <li> Most SCSI tape changers
1.45      deraadt   310:   <li> QIC-02 and QIC-36 format (Archive- and Wangtek- compatible)
                    311:        tape drives <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
1.34      johns     312:   </ul>
                    313:
                    314: <li> CD-ROM drives:
                    315:   <ul>
1.45      deraadt   316:   <li> Mitsumi CD-ROM drives <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
                    317:        [Note: The Mitsumi driver device probe is known
                    318:        to cause trouble with several devices!]
1.34      johns     319:   <li> Most SCSI CD-ROM drives
1.75      deraadt   320:   <li> Most ATAPI (IDE) CD-ROM drives
1.34      johns     321:   </ul>
                    322:
                    323: <li> Mice:
                    324:   <ul>
1.37      johns     325:   <li> "Logitech"-style bus mice <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
                    326:   <li> "Microsoft"-style bus mice <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
                    327:   <li> "PS/2"-style mice <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
                    328:   <li> Serial mice (uses serial port driver)
1.34      johns     329:   </ul>
                    330:
1.108     chris     331: <li> APM power management
1.79      downsj    332: <li> Brooktree 848/849, 878/879 based Video Capture Cards: <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
1.75      deraadt   333:  <ul>
                    334:  <li>Hauppage Wincast TV
                    335:  <li>STB TV PCI Television Tuner
                    336:  <li>Miro PC TV
                    337:  <li>Intel Smart Video Recorder III
1.79      downsj    338:  <li>IMS TV Turbo
                    339:  <li>AVer Media TV/FM
1.75      deraadt   340:  </ul>
1.34      johns     341: <li> Sound Cards:
                    342:   <ul>
1.79      downsj    343:   <li> SoundBlaster ISA cards and 100% compatibles <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
1.103     aaron     344:   <li> Gravis Ultrasound and Ultrasound Max <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
1.75      deraadt   345:   <li> Ensoniq AudioPCI <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
1.34      johns     346:   <li> [The following drivers are not extensively tested]
                    347:     <ul>
1.75      deraadt   348:     <li> S3 SonicVibes <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
1.37      johns     349:     <li> Personal Sound System <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
                    350:     <li> Windows Sound System <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
                    351:     <li> ProAudio Spectrum <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
1.34      johns     352:     </ul>
                    353:   </ul>
1.92      wvdputte  354: <li>ISAPNP cards: Roughly said, the following cards definitely work.
1.82      deraadt   355: Others may work as well -- support is continually being improved.
                    356:   <ul>
                    357:   <li>"3Com 3C509B EtherLink III, TCM5090, PNP80F7, "
                    358:   <li>"3Com 3C509B EtherLink III, TCM5095, PNP80F7, "
                    359:   <li>"3Com 3C509B EtherLink III, TCM5098, PNP80F7, "
                    360:   <li>"ACCTON EN166X MPX2 ETHERNET CAR, @@@9519, PNP80D6, "
                    361:   <li>"CMI8330. Audio Adapter, @X@0001, , "
                    362:   <li>"Creative AWE64 PnP, CTL0045, , Audio"
                    363:   <li>"Creative AWE64 PnP, CTL7002, PNPB02F, Game"
                    364:   <li>"Creative SB AWE64  PnP, CTL0045, , Audio"
                    365:   <li>"Creative SB AWE64  PnP, CTL7002, PNPB02F, Game"
                    366:   <li>"Creative SB AWE64 Gold, CTL0044, , Audio"
                    367:   <li>"Creative SB AWE64 Gold, CTL7002, PNPB02F, Game"
                    368:   <li>"Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL0042, , Audio"
                    369:   <li>"Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL0045, , Audio"
                    370:   <li>"Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL7002, PNPB02F, Game"
                    371:   <li>"Creative SB16 PnP, CTL0031, , Audio"
                    372:   <li>"Creative SB16 PnP, CTL7001, PNPB02F, Game"
                    373:   <li>"Creative SB32 PnP, CTL0031, , Audio"
                    374:   <li>"Creative SB32 PnP, CTL0041, , Audio"
                    375:   <li>"Creative SB32 PnP, CTL0051, , StereoEnhance"
                    376:   <li>"Creative SB32 PnP, CTL2011, PNP0600, IDE"
                    377:   <li>"Creative SB32 PnP, CTL7001, PNPB02F, Game"
                    378:   <li>"Creative ViBRA16C PnP, CTL0001, , Audio"
                    379:   <li>"Creative ViBRA16C PnP, CTL7001, PNPB02F, Game"
                    380:   <li>"Creative ViBRA16X PnP, CTL7005, PNPB02F, Game"
                    381:   <li>"ESS ES1868 Plug and Play AudioD, ESS0001, , "
                    382:   <li>"ESS ES1868 Plug and Play AudioD, ESS1868, , "
                    383:   <li>"OPL3-SA2 Sound Chip , YMH0021, , "
                    384:   <li>"OPL3-SA2 Sound Chip , YMH0022, PNPB02F, "
                    385:   <li>"OPL3-SA3 Snd System, YMH0021, , "
                    386:   <li>"OPL3-SA3 Snd System, YMH0022, PNPB02F, "
1.103     aaron     387:   <li>"RealTek Plug & Play Ethernet Ca, RTL8019, PNP80D6, "
1.82      deraadt   388:   </ul>
1.34      johns     389: </ul>
                    390:
1.37      johns     391: <p>
                    392: <sup>(1)</sup> Drivers for hardware marked with (1) are NOT included on the
1.62      deraadt   393: distribution floppies.
1.37      johns     394: </p>
1.34      johns     395:
1.37      johns     396: <p>
                    397: <sup>(2)</sup> Support for devices marked with (2) IS included in the
                    398: "generic" kernels, although it is not in the kernel on the installation floppy.
1.34      johns     399: </p>
                    400:
1.31      deraadt   401: <p>
1.54      deraadt   402: <h3><font color=#0000e0>Unsupported Hardware</font></h3>
1.98      deraadt   403: <P>Unsupported hardware may be supported in the future, your <A HREF="donations.html">
                    404: donation
                    405: of time, hardware, or documentation</a> can accelerate this support!
1.34      johns     406: <ul>
1.98      deraadt   407: <li> Adaptec 2940U2W (aic7890) (but the 2940UW <b>is</b> supported)
1.108     chris     408: <li> "Micro Channel" MCA bus used in many IBM PS/2 models
                    409: <li> NCR 5380-based and 53400-based SCSI host adapters
1.109   ! chris     410: <li> QIC-40 and QIC-80 tape drives  (Those are the tape drives that connect to the floppy disk controller)
        !           411: <li> Multiprocessor motherboards (Though they will run fine using one processor only)
1.108     chris     412: <li> Sony and Panasonic proprietary CDROM interfaces
1.109   ! chris     413: <li> Parallel-port ZIP drives (SCSI and ATAPI ZIP drives work fine)
        !           414: <li> Cardbus controllers and adapters
1.89      fgsch     415: <li> PCMCIA:
                    416:   <ul>
1.108     chris     417:   <li> 3COM 3c574
                    418:   <li> Memory cards
                    419:   <li> Most multifunction cards
1.89      fgsch     420:   </ul>
1.31      deraadt   421: </ul>
1.34      johns     422: </p>
1.31      deraadt   423:
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1.1       deraadt   425: <p>
1.109   ! chris     426: If you are looking for to test new pre-release features, you can
        !           427: try one of the snapshots.  For the i386 architecture,
        !           428: <a href=ftp.html>snapshots are made available from time to time</a>
1.1       deraadt   429:
1.3       fn        430: <hr>
1.64      pauls     431: <a href=plat.html><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.1       deraadt   432: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
1.3       fn        433: <br>
1.109   ! chris     434: <small>$OpenBSD: i386.html,v 1.108 1999/11/09 23:09:34 chris Exp $</small>
1.3       fn        435:
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                    437: </html>