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Xref: sserve comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc:17837 comp.os.linux.hardware:1776 comp.os.386bsd.misc:5208 comp.os.os2.misc:124319 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!newshost.marcam.com!news.kei.com!ddsw1!news1.best.com!usenet From: restrugo@fate.fateware.com (Ramiro Estrugo) Newsgroups: io.general,io.computers,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.os2.misc Subject: Re: List of recommended hardware components Date: 05 Feb 1995 01:34:10 GMT Organization: BEST Internet (415) 964-2378 Lines: 37 Message-ID: <RESTRUGO.95Feb4173410@fate.fateware.com> References: <3g890k$cbl@ionews.io.org> <3gv07t$bld@pentagon.io.com> Reply-To: restrugo@best.com NNTP-Posting-Host: fateware.vip.best.com In-reply-to: torin@pentagon.io.com's message of 3 Feb 1995 20:36:13 -0800 In article <3gv07t$bld@pentagon.io.com> torin@pentagon.io.com (Torin/Darren/Who Ever...) writes: > From: torin@pentagon.io.com (Torin/Darren/Who Ever...) > Newsgroups: io.general,io.computers,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.os2.misc > Date: 3 Feb 1995 20:36:13 -0800 > Organization: Discordian Alliance For Teaching > > In article <3g890k$cbl@ionews.io.org>, Brian Tao <taob@io.org> wrote: > > After balancing cost considerations and my requirements (i.e., I > >don't need the absolute fastest video), I've come up with the following > >system: > > > > * ATI Mach32 Graphics Ultra Pro, 2 megabytes VRAM > > > For video, an ATI Mach64 Graphics Pro Turbo or a #9 GXE64Pro with > >four megs would be cool, but they run over $500 each. 1280x1024x256 is > >sufficient, as long as it is non-interlaced and provides a comfortable > >refresh rate (70Hz or faster). The ATI Mach32 GUP fits the bill nicely > >and has excellent driver support in both Warp and XFree86 3.1. Of > > I was running a nice little linux system and I would have odd X lockups > that I couldn't ever figure out. I replaced the ATI Mach32 GUP with a > #9 GXE64Pro and moved the ATI card over to a MS-Windoze machine. This > was the end of my odd X lockups. (The lockups I get now, I can > explain.) Now, the MS-Windoze system sporadically locks up. > > Feh, IMO, don't get the ATI Mach32 GUP. The Mach8 card was nice but the > Mach32 have odd problems. > I had the exact same problem....exactly.... -ramiro restrugo@best.com -- this is a test sig