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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!network.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!overload.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!darwin.sura.net!news-feed-2.peachnet.edu!concert!decwrl!usenet.coe.montana.edu!osyjm From: osyjm@cs.montana.edu (Jaye Mathisen) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: local bus video? Date: 13 Sep 1993 16:36:49 GMT Organization: Computer Science, MSU, Bozeman MT, 59717 Lines: 25 Message-ID: <2727j1$8o9@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <jstCDApw0.4E8@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: schizo.coe.montana.edu In article <jstCDApw0.4E8@netcom.com>, Jason Thomasser <jst@netcom.com> wrote: > > >Greetings- > >Does NetBSD/FreeBSD support local bus video? Also on the subject of Sure. I mean, you don't have to do anything super special to make it work, just stuff it in there and go crazy.l >video, Amancio Hasty has posted he really likes the Actix Ultra >(they have S3928 chipset). Is this the same as ATI? If so will I don't think so, ATI has their own chipset. >the ATI local bus cards work and are they advisable? I guess I may >as well ask, why would local bus be an advantage? I think the soon-to-be-released release of XFree86 2.0 will support accelerated video cards. I know I had an EISA box with an ATI Ultra graphics Pro or somesuch, and it worked fine. -- Jaye Mathisen, COE Systems Manager (406) 994-4780 410 Roberts Hall,Dept. of Computer Science Montana State University,Bozeman MT 59717 osyjm@cs.montana.edu