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- From: glenn@cs.utexas.edu (Glenn G. Lai)
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- Subject: Re: [Q] XFree & Diamond Stealth
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- Date: 10 Jan 93 03:28:02 GMT
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- In article <1io2mhINNngr@sumax.seattleu.edu>, grtorlba@sumax.seattleu.edu (Jojie R. T.) writes:
- * Can I successfully run XFree (color or mono) with the Diamond Stealth
- * card? I'm sure I've seen discussions somewhere else about Diamond's
- * policy and Linux but the SLS readme file says that "X386mono, should work
- * with virtually any VGA card."
-
- X386mono does work on the Diamond Stealth, though using the board this way
- is a bit wasteful, as you only--without programming the PLL clock--get a
- 640x480 physical screen, just as you do with the cheapest (much cheaper
- than the Stealth) 256-K VGA board for about the same performance.
-
-
- Glenn
- glenn@cs.utexas.edu
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