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- From: gilgalad@sparky.eecs.umich.edu (Ralph Seguin)
- Subject: WANTED: Help with BSD 386, Linux, SVGA and X (X386)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.225747.4429@zip.eecs.umich.edu>
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- Organization: University of Michigan EECS Dept., Ann Arbor
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- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 22:57:47 GMT
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- Ok. With the info that I've garnered so far, I've come to a decent conclusion
- as to what sort of system I'm going to get. I still have a couple more
- questions to ask.
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- Here's the rough system I'm planning on getting:
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- ISA 486DX33, 1.2 gig SCSI drive, Adaptec 1542B SCSI controller, Exabyte 8500
- (eveuntally), SCSI (external) CDROM, 16 megs, SVGA hicolor RAMDAC card,
- NI monitor.
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- What SVGA cards are supported by X386 (X11R5 pl12)? I've heard that the
- ATI Ultra is based on the ET4000 and is 3 to 5 times as fast as the Tseng.
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- Are there any cards that support 1280x1024@256 (NI) or 1280x1024@24 bits (NI)?
- How fast are they? Does X386 support them? BSD 386? Linux? OS/2? Windows?
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- I suppose that going with Local Bus is a bad idea right now.
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- Any comments? Does the ATI work with X386?
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- What resolutions and colors does X386 support? 1024x768@256? 1280x1024@16?
- 1280x1024@24 bits? 1024x768@24 bits?
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- I'm planning on using an external SCSI CD-ROM becuase I'd like to be able
- to use it on my Amiga. Any recommendations as far as drives?
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- Does BSD386 and the Adaptec support Exabytes?
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- Too many questions? :)
-
- PS- I have received a decent amount of information, which I will condense
- and repost to the net.
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