David S. Miller wrote:
>
> Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 12:38:39 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Alex deVries <adevries@engsoc.carleton.ca>
>
> 1. Do Indy's come equipped with floppy drives? What are they?
> Is it possible to boot from them?
>
> Yes, they are SCSI floppy drives.
>
As I said: optional. No boot guarantee.
> 2. I know O2's have PCI busses with a custom controller.
> Do Indy's have this too? What is the name of this
> controller? It would seem reasonably easy to slap a
> PCI VGA card in there and port XFree86 to run on it.
>
> No, but I believe some models were produced with EISA slots
> on the motherboard.
>
That is the Indigo2/Challenge-M series. Our first attempt
on open expansion busses.
Martin
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