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From: kenneth.furge@ehusa.[NO_SPAM].com (Kenneth Furge)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Diamond Speedstar and other 2 MB ISA video cards with XFree86
Date: 12 Jun 1997 13:06:32 GMT
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I don't know how similar they are, but I ran with a vesa local bus 
Diamond Speedstar Pro for quite some time without any problems.  If I 
remember correctly, it was based on a Cirrus Logic chipset.  They only thing 
was that I could only get 8bpp out of the card.

- K.C.

In article <timleeEBn16L.HB2@netcom.com>, timlee@netcom.com says...
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>Will XFree86 work with a Diamond Speedstar video card (2 MB, ISA)?
>What 2 MB ISA video cards are there that XFree86 supports?
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>Newsgroups: comp.os.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc
>Subject: Diamond Speedstar and other 2 MB ISA video cards with XFree86
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>Will XFree86 work with a Diamond Speedstar video card (2 MB, ISA)?
>What 2 MB ISA video cards are there that XFree86 supports?
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>Timothy J. Lee                                                   timlee@
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