RE: best cheap 1024x768x8bit card

["Brad ." <capstone7 hotmail com>]

1Mb S3 Trio 64 works perfectly from the install. Auto detects and sets 
up with no problems.

Brad

>From: "J. Alexander Jacocks" <jjacocks MWBLegal com>
>To: "'redhat-install-list redhat com'" <redhat-install-list redhat com>
>Subject: RE: best cheap 1024x768x8bit card
>Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 11:30:21 -0400
>Reply-To: redhat-install-list redhat com
>
>I've always stood by the 2mb Matrox Millenium (original).  Works great
>for me in all modes.
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Barry Drake [mailto:bldrake imation com]
>Sent: Thursday, October 08, 1998 1:27 PM
>To: Red Hat Install List
>Subject: Re: best cheap 1024x768x8bit card
>
>
>I'm using a STB 1MB card with the avance 2301 chip set.  Ancient tech.
>but
>so far it works fine.  I'm a newbie to Linux and decided to take my 
time
>and
>sit back and enjoy.  But, then I'm not trying to run a company from my
>Linux
>box.
>
>BTW, I recently purchased the Red Hat 5.1 boxed set; kernal: 2.0.35.  I
>haven't gotten it to recognize my SCSI card yet (Adaptec 2940W, BIOS
>ver.
>1.11, 1994).  If anyone has a card with the same BIOS and has gotten it
>working, please let me know how you did it.
>
>Thanks.
>bld
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Alexander Woodby <awoodby tir com>
>To: redhat-install-list redhat com <redhat-install-list redhat com>
>Date: Thursday, October 08, 1998 7:01 AM
>Subject: Re: best cheap 1024x768x8bit card
>
>
>>
>>
>>Frankly, and no offense, but the hardware compatibility list,
>especially
>>when it comes to vidcards, is a load of BS.  I've now gone through 4
>>different 4 meg video cards trying to get 1024x768 in 24bit, I know
>just
>>a whole world more than I ever wanted to know about XF86Config
>>modelines, and after 6 months of fighting with this (off and on
>>honestly, X isn't that important to me) I think it MAY not mosaic on 
me
>>now as of 2 days ago with my "Creative Labs VideoBlaster 3D" (what can
>I
>>say, 4 megs for $70)
>>
>>In short, a nice lil addendum as to what video cards have been tried 
at
>>what resolutions and worked without 6 months of hacking would be great
>>:)
>>
>>Anyone want to post what vidcard they're using?  I'll pop it up on a
>>webpage for all to see.
>>
>>One other caveat...  Monitors, aside from $700 15" monitors like the
>>multisync, I haven't even seen the other monitors on the list and I've
>>looked...  And even my Princeton doesn't come with hsync and vsync 
data
>>like X requires.
>>
>>Well thanks for the time,
>>
>>--alex
>>
>>
>>
>>Robert Rowe wrote:
>>>
>>> The Red Hat hardware compatibility list on their web site defines a
>lot
>>of
>>> cards in a whole range of prices and capabilities.
>>>
>>> At 07:14 AM 10/8/98 -0600, Paul Wheaton wrote:
>>> >It is obvious to me now that this will be much easier if I just get
>a
>>> >new card.
>>> >
>>> >All I want is 1024x768 and 256 colors.  One meg of memory.  PCI 
bus.
>>> >Which card do I buy?
>>> >
>>> >I errantly thought that a Trident chip card is the way to go, but
>I'm
>>> >learning far more about Linux video stuff than I ever wanted to
>know.
>>> >Plus, I have 20 other people around me who are thinking of trying
>Linux
>>> >and they are now thinking Linux sucks.  If I can just plug in the
>right
>>> >card and have everything running in two minutes I can blame the
>previous
>>> >card.
>>> >
>>> >So please, what's a cheap card that will work right away?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >--
>>
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