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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hello, </span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>   I am so pleased to find a freebios for Linux I’m
beside myself. </span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I have been researching freebios2 with the hope that I can
use it for the following configuration: </span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Intel Pentium-M (</span></font><font face=Arial><span
  style='font-family:Arial'>Dothan</span></font><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'>) 2MB L2 cache running at 1.8GHz</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Intel E7501 chipset: MCH </span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'>                             
P64H (82870P2)</span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'>                             
ICH3 (82801CA) </span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Headless with RS232 mapped to a custom FPGA connected to the
ICH3 PCI32 bus. </span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>It appears that the Tyan platform S2735 is the closest match
to my configuration. </span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The 82801CA is probably close enough to the 82801ER to work.
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Any hints/thoughts on this project would be appreciated. </span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks. </span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Jay Nelson</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Principal Development Engineer</span></font></p>

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12.0pt'> </span></font></p>

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