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Re: S3 Trio3D & XFree86?
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Mon, 6 Dec 1999 11:37:08 GMT
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On Sun, 5 Dec 1999 02:28:39 GMT, "Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com>
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> This particular machine is an IBM 300PL. But can you just (safely) plop
> another video card into a machine like this with an onboard integrated
> video system?? If so, then, heck, that's what I'll prolly go ahead an do.
You need to find the docs to turn off the onboard video, but yeah, it
should be eminently possible.
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> I have a NEC P1150 that I can use with this machine, so the viddy card has
> be able to do at 1600x1200 at 16 bit, or 32 bit given enough memory.
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> Any video card recommendations/good experiences for RHL 6.1? I don't need
> blazing 3D speed or anything (games not important on this machine) but fast
> block-copies for moving/scrolling windows would really be nice.
Does it have AGP? I'm partial to Matrox, especially since they started
working with the open-source community to procide drivers instead of
against them. The G200 is a good card, and the G400 sounds better -
but I'm none too sure about Xfree support.
Jasper
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| (...) Yeah, that seemed to be the consensus on Usenet as well. :-( This particular machine is an IBM 300PL. But can you just (safely) plop another video card into a machine like this with an onboard integrated video system?? If so, then, heck, (...) (25 years ago, 5-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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