Subject: Re: tga graphic cards
To: None <port-alpha@netbsd.org>
From: nm <nmanisca@vt.edu>
List: port-alpha
Date: 10/13/1999 21:27:01
I also have an AXPpci33 system and I would LOVE it if X would run
on an S3 or Matrox Millenium card, that would be just great.
Nick
At 09:21 PM 10/13/99 -0400, Andrew Gallatin wrote:
>
>Berndt Josef Wulf writes:
> > G'day,
> >
> > I call a AXPpci33 my own for more than 3 years and was hoping that
> > a xserver supporting standard vga-pci cards may become available at
> > some point in time. This doesn't appear to become reality and I am now
> > looking to purchase a tga-pci card allowing me to run local Xsessions
> > on this system.
> >
> > Does anyone know a supplier which sells those elusive tga pci cards
> > suitable for installation in an AXPpci33 box? Possibly to a price I
> > can afford? I've never seen any of these cards being offered for sale
> > or advertised in Australia.
> >
>
>This is almost funny.
>
>We should set up some sort of NetBSD/alpha <-> FreeBSD/alpha video
>card exchange. Those of use running FreeBSD/alpha can run XFree86 on
>standard PCI VGA hardware, but we don't have a console driver for
>TGAs...
>
>Sigh...
>
>Drew
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