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diff --git a/FAQ/hardware.sgml b/FAQ/hardware.sgml
index 40e543722a..9311b74fad 100644
--- a/FAQ/hardware.sgml
+++ b/FAQ/hardware.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $Id: hardware.sgml,v 1.5 1998-03-23 05:56:02 yokota Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: hardware.sgml,v 1.6 1998-05-19 01:44:15 jkh Exp $ -->
 <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
 
   <sect>
@@ -17,57 +17,9 @@
     <sect1>
       <heading>Which SCSI controllers are supported?</heading>
 
-      <p>FreeBSD supports the following SCSI controllers:
-
-      <descrip>
-        <tag/Adaptec/
-          AH-1505 &lt;ISA&gt; <newline>
-          AH-152x Series &lt;ISA&gt; <newline>
-          AH-154x Series &lt;ISA&gt; <newline>
-          AH-174x Series &lt;EISA&gt; <newline>
-          Sound Blaster SCSI (AH-152x compat) &lt;ISA&gt; <newline>
-          AH-2742/2842 Series &lt;ISA/EISA&gt; <newline>
-          AH-2820/2822/2825 Series (Narrow/Twin/Wide) &lt;VLB&gt; <newline>
-          AH-294x and aic7870 MB controllers (Narrow/Twin/Wide) &lt;PCI&gt;
-          <newline>
-          AH-394x (Narrow/Twin/Wide)
-
-        <tag/Buslogic/
-          BT-445 Series &lt;VLB&gt; (this is one of the cards referred to
-          in the section <ref id="bigram" name="on &gt;16 MB machines">)
-          <newline>
-          BT-545 Series &lt;ISA&gt; <newline>
-          BT-742 Series &lt;EISA&gt;<newline>
-          BT-747 Series &lt;EISA&gt;<newline>
-          BT-946 Series &lt;PCI&gt; <newline>
-          BT-956 Series &lt;PCI&gt; <newline>
-
-        <tag/Future Domain/
-          TMC-950 Series &lt;ISA&gt; <newline>
-
-        <tag/PCI Generic/
-          NCR 53C81x based controllers &lt;PCI&gt; <newline>
-          NCR 53C82x based controllers &lt;PCI&gt; <newline>
-          NCR 53C860/75 based controllers &lt;PCI&gt; <newline>
-
-        <tag/ProAudioSpectrum/
-          Zilog 5380 based controllers &lt;ISA&gt; <newline>
-          Trantor 130 based controllers &lt;ISA&gt; <newline>
-
-        <tag/DTC/
-          DTC 3290 EISA SCSI in AHA-154x emulation.<newline>
-
-        <tag/Seagate/
-          ST-01/02 Series &lt;ISA&gt;<newline>
-
-        <tag/UltraStor/
-          UH-14f Series &lt;ISA&gt;<newline>
-          UH-24f Series &lt;EISA&gt; <newline>
-          UH-34f Series &lt;VLB&gt;<newline>
-
-        <tag/Western Digital/
-          WD7000 &lt;ISA&gt; &lt;No scatter/gather&gt;
-      </descrip>
+      <p>See the complete list in the 
+      <htmlurl url="../handbook/install:hw.html" 
+       name="Handbook">.
 
     <sect1>
       <heading>Which CD-ROM drives are supported by FreeBSD?</heading>
@@ -100,16 +52,10 @@
       other than 0 or 1... look at your docs (and let me know if it works
       out for you).
 
-      <p>There is no built in support for the parallel ZIP drive, and if you
-      haven't bought your ZIP drive already I recommend you get the SCSI
-      one... the price is the same, and the performance is much better,
-      and you're unlikely to ever be able to boot from the parallel port.
-
-      <p>If you already have a parallel ZIP, there is a port of the Linux
-      driver available at
-
-        <url url="http://www.prism.uvsq.fr/~son/ppa3.html"
-        name="Nicolas Souchu's home page"> in France.
+      <p>FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT contains support for the parallel Zip
+      However, you will need to build a new kernel with
+      support for ppbus (Parallel Port Bus) in order to use the Zip.  See
+      the LINT configuration file for examples.
 
       <p>Also check out <ref id="jaz" name="this note on removable drives">,
       and <ref id="disklabel" name="this note on 'formatting'">.
@@ -184,7 +130,7 @@
         device psm0 at isa? port "IO_KBD" conflicts tty irq 12 vector psmintr
       </verb>
 
-      <p>See the <url url="../handbook/kernelconfig.html"
+      <p>See the <htmlurl url="../handbook/kernelconfig.html"
       name="Handbook entry on configuring the kernel"> if you've no
       experience with building kernels.
 
@@ -312,8 +258,8 @@
       <p>FreeBSD supports the SoundBlaster, SoundBlaster Pro, SoundBlaster
       16, Pro Audio Spectrum 16, AdLib and Gravis UltraSound sound cards.
       There is also limited support for MPU-401 and compatible MIDI cards.
-      The SoundBlaster 16 ASP cards are not yet supported. The Microsoft
-      Sound System is also supported.
+      Cards conforming to the Microsoft Sound System specification are also 
+      supported through the pcm driver.
 
       <p><bf/NOTE/ This is only for sound!  This driver does not support
       CD-ROMs, SCSI or joysticks on these cards, except for the
@@ -325,94 +271,7 @@
 
       <p>See the <htmlurl url="../handbook/install:nics.html"
       name="Ethernet cards"> section of the handbook for a more
-      complete list. Since it doesn't list the drivers
-      you need to use for each of the cards, this incomplete
-      list will have to do.
-
-      <descrip>
-        <tag/<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?de(4)"
-        name="de"> driver/
-        DEC DC21x40 and compatible PCI controllers<newline>
-        (including 21140 100bT cards) <newline>
-
-        <tag/<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?ed(4)"
-        name="ed"> driver/ NE2000 and 1000<newline>
-        WD/SMC 8003, 8013 and Elite Ultra (8216)<newline>
-        3Com 3c503 <newline>
-        HP 27247B and 27252A <newline>
-        And clones of the above <newline>
-
-        <tag/<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?le(4)"
-        name="le"> driver/
-        DEC EtherWORKS II and EtherWORKS III controllers. <newline>
-
-        <tag/<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?ie(4)"
-        name="ie"> driver/
-        AT&amp;T EN100/StarLAN 10 <newline>
-        3COM 3c507 Etherlink 16/TP<newline>
-        NI5210 <newline>
-        Intel EtherExpress <newline>
-
-        <tag/<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?is(4)"
-        name="is"> driver/
-        Isolan AT 4141-0 <newline>
-        Isolink 4110 <newline>
-
-        <tag/<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?el(4)"
-        name="el"> driver/
-        3com 3c501 (does not support Multicast or DMA)
-
-        <tag/<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?eg(4)"
-        name="eg"> driver/
-        3com 3c505 Etherlink/+
-
-        <tag/<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?ze(4)"
-        name="ze"> driver/
-        IBM PCMCIA credit card adapter
-
-        <tag/<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?lnc(4)"
-        name="lnc"> drive/
-        Lance/PCnet cards (Isolan, Novell NE2100, NE32-VL)(*)
-
-        <tag/<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?ep(4)"
-        name="ep"> driver/
-        3com 3c509 (Must disable PNP support on card)
-
-        <tag/<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?cx(4)"
-        name="cx"> driver/
-        Cronyx/Sigma multiport Sync/Async (Cisco and PPP framing)
-
-        <tag/<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?zp(4)"
-        name="zp"> driver/
-        3Com PCMCIA Etherlink III (aka 3c589)(A-C only)
-
-        <tag/<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?fea(4)"
-        name="fea"> driver/
-        DEC DEFEA EISA FDDI controller
-
-        <tag/<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?fpa(4)"
-        name="fpa"> driver/
-        DEC DEFPA PCI FDDI controller
-
-        <tag/<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?fe(4)"
-        name="fe"> driver/
-        Fujitsu MB86960A/MB86965A Ethernet cards
-      </descrip>
-
-      <p><bf/NOTE/	Drivers marked with (*) are known to have problems.
-
-      <p><bf/NOTE/	3C598D is NOT supported yet.
-
-      <p><bf/NOTE/ We also support TCP/IP over parallel lines.  At this point
-      we are incompatible with other versions, but we hope to correct
-      this in the near future.  Refer to the description in the lp(4)
-      man page.
-
-      <p><bf/NOTE/ Some of these cards require a DOS partition on your hard
-      drive to run the configuration software. Software configured cards
-      may also need to be hard-reset after running another operating
-      system that uses manufacturer-supplied drivers. This may even
-      require a full power cycle.
+      complete list. 
 
     <sect1>
       <heading>I don't have a math co-processor - is that bad?</heading>
@@ -434,56 +293,17 @@
     <sect1>
       <heading>What other devices does 2.X support?</heading>
 
-      <p>Here is a listing of drivers which do not fit into any of the
-      earlier categories.
-
-      <descrip>
-        <tag><tt/b004.c/</tag>
-        Driver for B004 compatible Transputer boards <newline>
-
-        <tag>``ctx'' driver</tag>
-              Driver for CORTEX-I Frame grabber <newline>
-
-        <tag>``gp'' driver</tag>
-              Driver for National Instruments AT-GPIB and<newline>
-              AT-GPIB/TNT boards
-
-        <tag>``pca'' driver</tag>
-              Driver for PC speakers to allow the playing of audio files
-
-        <tag>``spigot'' driver</tag>
-              Driver for the Creative Labs Video Spigot
-
-        <tag><htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?gsc(4)"
-                name="gsc"> driver</tag>
-              Driver for the Genuis GS-4500 Hand scanner
-
-        <tag><htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?joy(4)"
-                name="joy"> driver</tag>
-              Driver for a joystick
-
-        <tag/<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?labpc(4)"
-                name="labpc"> driver/
-              Driver for National Instrument's Lab-PC and Lab-PC+
-
-        <tag/``uart'' driver/
-              Stand-alone 6850 UART for MIDI
-
-        <tag/<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?psm(4)"
-        name="psm"> driver/ PS/2 mouse port
-
-        <tag><tt/tw.c/</tag>
-        Driver for the X-10 POWERHOUSE <newline>
-      </descrip>
+      <p>See the <htmlurl url="../handbook/install:misc.html" name="Handbook"> 
+      for the list of other devices supported.
 
 <!--
     <sect1>
       <heading>I am about to buy a new machine. What do you recommend?</heading>
 
-      <p>See the <url url="../handbook/hw.html" name="hardware section">
+      <p>See the <htmlurl url="../handbook/hw.html" name="hardware section">
       of the handbook for general tips if you're going to build it
       yourself, otherwise see the 
-      FreeBSD <url url="http://www.freebsd.org/commercial/hardware.html"
+      FreeBSD <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/commercial/hardware.html"
       name="Hardware vendors"> page for various companies who offer
       FreeBSD compatible systems.
 -->