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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!inferno.mpx.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!agate!not-for-mail From: geordan@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (Geordan Rosario) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Please advise on hardware! Endeavor/Atlantis/Buslogic - do they work for you? Date: 16 Apr 1996 15:06:35 -0700 Organization: Computer Science Undergraduate Association, UC Berkeley Lines: 37 Message-ID: <4l15lb$16g@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> References: <4knqe8$2sp@nntp1.best.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: soda.csua.berkeley.edu In article <4knqe8$2sp@nntp1.best.com>, Mark Jeghers <t4p@best.com> wrote: >I'm looking at either an Endeavor or Atlantis along with >a Buslogic SCSI card (either 946c or 956c). > >How is compatability with these combinations? > There's no compatibilty problem with the Atlantis; I am running a 946 on an Atlantis. But see below... >Are the built-in video offerings worth having? Do they mix >well with the X-Windows server? > NOOO!!!! RUN AWAY! (er, sorry.) The ATI Mach64 built into the Atlantis is insane in that it lives on the same port address as sio3 (COM4), so upon startup FreeBSD would hang, since FreeBSD probes all the sio ports. There is a solution, which involves editing sio.c and recompiling. But avoid it and don't get the atlantis. The Endeavour is a better choice I think. >By the way, regarding the built-in sound on these motherboards; >does either one support wavetable stuff, or are they just >crummy old FM-synth? > The default is FM but the boards do have a wavetable option. -Geordan -- + Geordan Rosario -------------- + | geordan@csua.berkeley.edu | The opinions expressed here are mine and may | geordan@ocf.berkeley.edu | be purchased for $10 each. + - geordan@po.eecs.berkeley.edu +