Antique Video Cards

[John Poelstra]

Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote:
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>> Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:58:11 +0000 (UTC)
>> From: Kevin Kofler <kevin.kofler at chello.at>
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>> Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R <caf <at> omen.com> writes:
>>  
>>> I checked with several of the area computer parts stores and
>>> didn't find any PCI-E video cards old enough to work with
>>> the open source ATI driver.
>>>     
>>
>> A Radeon X1050 (which is an RV370 chipset, supported in both 2D and 3D 
>> by the Free radeon and r300_dri drivers) shouldn't be that hard to 
>> find. I don't know where you live, but where I live there are several 
>> such models available.
>>
>>         Kevin Kofler
>>   
> The Portland Oregon area isn't the technological outpost it was when
> I start work at Tektronix in 1968.  I checked Iguana Micro, ENU,
> Pace Computers, and Fry's web sites.  Chances are they sold X1050
> PCI boards at one time, but no more.  Fry's did list an AGP board,
> but AGP is so yesterday.  My last four motherboards are PCI-E.
> 

Have you tried Free Geek?  They had several PCI video cards at very 
affordable prices last time I was there.

http://freegeek.org/sales.php

The page seems to be a little out of date as they have newer stuff than 
what is listed there, including things like SATA and ethernet cables for $1.

John