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- From: badger@phylo.life.uiuc.edu (Jonathan Badger)
- Subject: FAQ: Yes, the Dimond Stealth works in 1024x768
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 20:44:08 GMT
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- > My Diamond Stealth works fine with 640x480x256, but I am unable to
- > get a higher resolution out of it.
-
- >Uhoh, the poor wretch is S***t Out of Luck.
-
- >The trick of getting the clock freq. right on Diamond Stealth is by
- >doing some heavy, trade-secret, wizardry that the manufacturer won't
- >talk about. This means that Linux won't support Diamond Sealth.
-
- It is time to clear up this confusion. The Diamond Stealth works fine
- in 1024x768x256 -- the trick is to run Windows first (in 1024x768). This sets
- the clocks.
-
- What we really need is a program that can set the clocks within Linux. I often
- think the reason this hasn't been written is philosophical rather than
- technical. Many people have the absurd belief that writing something like
- this would send the wrong message to Diamond that their policies are OK.
- Diamond's policies are bad, I agree. But I can assure you that they could
- not care less about the very small Linux user base -- refusing to support
- their cards is NOT going to bring about a change.
-
- Telling us "sell your Stealth" is obviously a pretty unrealistic solution.
- Most of us can't afford to sell hardware every thirty seconds when some
- piece of software or another doesn't support it.
-
-