Re: IBM PS/2 MCA Woes Et Cetera

[Bruce Smith <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I had hoped to drag my pesky PS/2 back this evening to let eveyone have
> another chance to hang their heads and shake them slowly and woefully,
> but a buddy of mine has a semi-pro table-tennis tournament this weekend;
> I'm his coach, and he's taken the week off to get ready. Since I'm
> leaving town Thursday afternoon, I feel obliged to give him and his
> doubles partner every free minute I can (outside of work).
> 
> I've looked at Slackware without success "re" MCA + SCSI CD-ROM.
> 
> If anyone has further suggestions, don't be shy...it's okay to be wrong.

A quick power search for MCA in the linux newsgroups at Dejanews
(the best resource on the 'net!) shows a lot of discussion about
MCA on Linux.  Here are some MCA home pages, some with kernel patches:

http://glycerine.itsmm.uni.edu/mca/
http://glycerine.cetmm.uni.edu/mca/  (seems to be the same as the previous)
http://ns.dgmicro.com/linux_frm.htm

> I've checked with the guy from whom I bought the "idiot-box" (I needed a
> new monitor anyway) to see whether he's got a swap that's non-MCA.  I'll
> let you know how he responds (he turns over a BUNCH o' boxes), since it
> may be of interest to you find how flexible he is before you share any
> of YOUR hard-earned money with him.  As a final note additional to
> having passed out his name and phone number, his e-mail (which I used
> yesterday & to which he has yet to respond) is >>KWCarrier@AOL.com<<.

Yes, please let us know.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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