[ale] Re:

Mon May 10 19:00:54 EDT 1999

I disagree.  I'm using an 8MB ATi xpert 98 AGP card, and it works
beautifully with the Mach64 Xserver.  I'm hitting crazy stuff like
1280x1024x32bpp color with it, too... of course I can go higher and
sacrafice some color res. though.  But then again, I only have a 17"
monitor...

-Dave
db at trusted.net

> I use an ATI card, but I dont recommend it, it works, but they arent
> "linux friendly". At home I use a 17" Mitsubishi Diamond Scan 70 that I
> am really happy with. At work I use a 19 or 21" HP something or other that
> is also nice if you want to spend that much =)
>
> Nick
>
> On Mon, 10 May 1999, Matthew Brown wrote:
>
> > Can anyone suggest a good video card for combo use with Windows and
Linux?
> >
> > Also, do you have any opinions on monitors?  It seems to me tyhat
Trinitron
> > is still the best (crisp, bright, clear), but my experience is VERY
limited.
> > I only see what comes through our office.
> >
> > I am getting ready to do some small upgrades, and these will be the two
main
> > things I change.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > -Matthew Brown
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Patrick Ramsey <Ramsey_Patrick at promina.org>
> > To: <ale at ale.org>
> > Sent: Monday, May 10, 1999 2:17 PM
> > Subject: [ale] Re:
> >
> >
> > >Dude, go get the latest Xfree and or RedHat 6.0
> > >
> > >(I would suggest the latter of the two.... RH6.0 installs VERY nicely
and
> > comes with the latest drivers for multiple cards and the Gnome
interface)
> > >
> > >Actually now that I think about it, I don't believe Xfree supports the
> > Banshee yet...  You may want to go to Xfree's site and look under
supported
> > hardware to see if you card is there. (www.xfree.org)
> > >
> > >If your card is not supported by standard Xfree servers, so a search on
> > lycos or something for banshee and Xfree or xserver... I do believe
there is
> > a 3rd party server for Xfree.  I remember vaguely seeing the guys web
page
> > but do not remember the links I followed to get there.. :)
> > >
> > >-Patrick
> > >
> > >>>> "Eric Z. Ayers" <eric at compgen.com> 05/10 7:05 AM >>>
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> > >Subject: [ale-admin] Hello there!
> > >Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 23:33:16 -0700
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> > >If anyone knows....
> > >
> > >
> > > I have a 3DFX Banshee graphics card and I cannot get more than 16 =
> > >colors in Xfree86. If anyone knows how I can get a decent color depth =
> > >going in x-windows please let me know! thank you!
> > >
> > >Wesley Bauerle
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> > >
> > >p.s. I just installed Linux (redhat 5.2) for the first time and am just
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