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Re: Buying a notebook for use with OpenBSD.

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Subject: Re: Buying a notebook for use with OpenBSD.
From: "John R. Shannon" <john@johnrshannon.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 09:23:53 -0600
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I have a different laptop. Some things I learned that can cause trouble:
- - No BIOS (or no configurable BIOS)
- - Dependance on ACPI

On Tuesday 12 August 2003 09:04 am, Johanes Hofmann wrote:
> Hi,
> I always wanted to buy a laptop for use with OpenBSD and now that I
> have the needed money I have some general questions.
> Do I have to bear anything special in mind when picking CPU,
> motherboard, graphic chipset, etc..?
> The model I'm considdering for the moment is the Asus L3500D.
> Technical specificasions in questions are:
> SiS740 with integrated graphics
> I coulnd't find the chipset on http://www.openbsd.org/i386.html so I wonder
> if anyone got experinces to share?
>
> TIA,
> john

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John R. Shannon
john@johnrshannon.com
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References:
- Buying a notebook for use with OpenBSD.
  - From: Johanes Hofmann <john@openlsd.org>

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