Re: Could someone recommend a VESA video card

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From: Matt
Date: Sun, 26 May 1996 00:00

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Falchion (simc@muse.cs.mu.OZ.AU) wrote:
: Could someone recommend a reasonable VESA video card
: which is supported by XFree? 
: 
: Thanks
: 
: -- Simon (simc@mundil.cs.mu.oz.au)

Well, Xfree works rather well with generic s3 cards, but not so well
with svgalib for these cards.

I really don't think it matters, but try and get a VESA 2.0 complient
card

-- 
Matt(hew) Jenkins. 2nd yr. Computer Science (RMIT Bundoora)
email: mdj@{arcadia|yallara}.cs.rmit.edu.au
Running DOS 6.2, Linux 1.2.8 on a 486/100/12/540
I like: Toranas, Beer, and Surfing the Net.

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Date: 1996/05/26
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