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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!news.csuohio.edu!knuth.cba.csuohio.edu!thx1139 From: thx1139@knuth.cba.csuohio.edu (tim werner) Subject: pc-unix hardware Message-ID: <1993Nov22.180311.12805@news.csuohio.edu> Sender: news@news.csuohio.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1993 18:03:11 GMT Lines: 28 From the PC-clone UNIX Software Buyer's Guide: >The Xfree maintainers recommend ET4000-based boards, except for recent >Diamond models (Diamond won't give them interfacing info). There is >no support for S3, ATI 8514 or TIGA chipsets. Is this a still a problem, and, if so, does it apply to other versions of Un*x? Are a lot of people running Diamond video boards? They seem to be semi-standard hardware. From the PC-clone UNIX Hardware Buyer's Guide: >The bus wars are over --- at least until Intel's Peripheral Connect >Interface hits the street and goes head to head with VESA... Well, it seems to have hit. Can anyone comment on this? I'm not sure what it means. Also, I already bought 4 4meg simms when someone told me the price was going to keep going up and up. (I know, I was a sucker). Can these simms be used on motherboards that have PCI? Also, is there going to be an update to these guides anytime soon? I'm on the verge of making the plunge. Also, is there a more appropriate place to post this? thanks, tim werner