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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: BSDI defector asks... about XFree86 w/ Diamond Viper Pro, Netscape
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 16:49:39 -0700
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Richard Reiner wrote:
> 1. Could someone please check for me what support XFree86 has for the
>    Diamond Viper Pro (4MB, VRAM) video card?
> 

Like BSDI, you'll need to go to X Inside, Inc. for a server that will
work with this.  $99 for the FreeBSD version, last I checked.  Send
mail to info@xinside.com.

> 2. Could somebody confirm or deny that the BSDI compiles of Netscape 1.x
>    run OK on FreeBSD?

I've run 1.0, 1.1, 1.12 and 2.0b1 without any problems.  In fact, I'm
sending this to you now from a 2.0b1 news window running under FreeBSD
2.1-STABLE.. :)
-- 
						Jordan