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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!decwrl!netcomsv!netcom.com!hasty From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) Subject: Re: Q: Localbus and monitor support Message-ID: <hastyC4sG84.2vG@netcom.com> Keywords: localbus,monitor,display,vesa Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <12671@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> <1993Mar31.235622.13906@njitgw.njit.edu> Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1993 04:52:51 GMT Lines: 32 In article <1993Mar31.235622.13906@njitgw.njit.edu> kxn3796@hertz.njit.edu (Ken Nakata CIS stnt) writes: >In article <12671@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> gjn@cs.uq.oz.au writes: >>G'day. >>I am looking at installing either 386bsd or linux on a machine at home. >(deleted) >>Anybody running with localbus *anything* ? It wasn't mentioned in the >>386bsd hardware list. >>Do I just stick with a "normal" (Trident or Tseng) video card ? > >I'm using 386bsd on my 486 box (Tri-Star 486DX2-66 VL-Station with 16MB >RAM, 340MB HD and ATI Ultra VLB (it will be sold soon, anyway)) right now. >Since I don't have enough disk space and ATI Ultra isn't supported by >XFree86, I'm not running X11. But it should work when I have my another >drive repared and get an S3 805 VL VGA card. XS3 does not work well with the S3 805 VLB card additionally several S3 805 cards which I have tested don't perform as fast as their ISA counterparts. At this point you are better off with S3 801 cards and when I get a good working version of an S3 928 card I will announce it. If you shop around you can problably get an F1280 VA for about $140 :-) Thats all for now folks, Amancio Hasty -- This message brought to you by the letters X and S and the number 3 Amancio Hasty | Home: (415) 495-3046 | ftp-site depository of all my work: e-mail hasty@netcom.com | sunvis.rtpnc.epa.gov:/pub/386bsd/incoming