Re: Does a ViewTop Trio64V+ work with X11?

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From: Glen Harris
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 00:00

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In <1996Mar13.030105.2253@marlin.jcu.edu.au> astfgl@pandemonium.jcu.edu.au (Glen Harris) writes:
>  I'm upgrading and I need to know of this card work with X. The
>Hardware compatibility HOWTO says that all Trio 64 based cards
>works, but is that a definite yes, or a "All big name brand card
>will work".
>
>  Has anyone tried this, or can anyone say that it will almost
>certainly work.

  Following up my own post, the Trio64 (S3 764 chip) has an internal RAMDAC
and clockchip, so almost _ANY_ card, regardless of manufacturer, should work
fine.

  Thanks to Peter Childs, who pointed me to http://www.xfree86.org/

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Date: 1996/03/15
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