netbsd-help: Re: PC98, what is it?

Subject: Re: PC98, what is it?
To: P. E. Jareth Hein <jareth@camelot.co.jp>
From: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 09/11/1998 09:53:02

	They also run NetBSD :) - you can read more about NetBSD/pc98 if
	you speak Japanese at:
		http://www2.kobe-u.ac.jp/~9561664j/netbsd/
		David/absolute
	 -=- "That which does not kill us, makes us stranger" -=-
On 11 Sep 1998, P. E. Jareth Hein wrote:
> >>>>> "John" == John A Maier <- MIS dept." <johnam@mail.kemper.org>> writes:
> 
> John> I just ran across this in the Xfree distrib. There are a number
> John> of driver with this designation. What is it?
> 
> PC98 would describe a line of computers by NEC here in Japan. For a
> long time NEC built 88xx and 98xx computers that were semi-PC
> compatable (different bus, BIOS and video). There are versions of
> Linux and FreeBSD that run on them.
> 
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