[ale] video card question

[Patrick Ramsey]

Definately sounds like the banshee by Voodoo.... 2D/3D.... Should support 3DFX at 800x600 and 2d apps at 1280x1024x32

>>> Wandered Inn <esoteric at denali.atlnet.com> 06/22 12:10 PM >>>
"Christopher S. Adams" wrote:
> 
> mighty banshee is suspicious
> it SOUNDS like a banshee card, which there are beta drivers for
> at http://glide.xxedgexx.com 
> if it is a voodoo2, then it's 3d-only and you can get the glide drivers at
> the above url

Thanks, I'll check it out.  Says on the box 2d/3d, but you never know. 
I had planned on using the card for an OS/2 box for my wife, but when I
found it had 16 meg memory, I all of a sudden got interested in it for
my Linux box. :)

> 
> Chris
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wandered Inn <esoteric at denali.atlnet.com>
> To: ale <ale at ale.org>
> Date: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 11:46 AM
> Subject: [ale] video card question
> 
> >I recently picked up a no-name video card that I'd like to see if I
> >could get it to work with Linux.  It's by a company named InnoVision and
> >is called a Mighty Banshee.  It says it's a Voodoo2 card, but I can't
> >find any specific info on the actual chipset.  A bit of ignorance here,
> >but is Voodoo2 a chipset, or a specific technology that is supported by
> >various chipsets?  The company has a web site, but it pretty much sucks
> >as well as the docs that came with the card.
> >
> >Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> >
> >--
> >Until later: Geoffrey esoteric at denali.atlnet.com 
> >
> >It should be illegal to yell "Y2K" in a crowded economy.
> > -- Larry Wall, creator of the programming language Perl

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Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at denali.atlnet.com 

It should be illegal to yell "Y2K" in a crowded economy.
	-- Larry Wall, creator of the programming language Perl