Re: NeoMagic Drivers

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From: Volker Heun
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 1998 00:00

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In article <87hg7d203k.fsf@xeno.xig.com>, Thomas Roell <roell@xeno.xig.com> writes:
|> David Peters <davidp@AdvanceEnergy.com.au> writes:
|> 
|> > 
|> > Scenario...
|> > 
|> > You (somewhat stupidly) purchase an IBM laptop thinking 'now this'll
|> > make a hell Linux box`, only to find that the bloody thing has a
|> > NeoMagic video chipset, and that there is no driver (or info to help
|> > write one) for the X server, so then you give up, install Windows on it,
|> > palm it off to someone else and look for something better.
|> 
|> Sorry, this statement is wrong. There is a driver for neomagic
|> chipsets. Check out http://www.xig.com. External/Internal switching
|> supported (with different refresh rates), Power Saving modes and a lot
|> of other nifty features.

Sorry, his statement is a little bit true. There is only a VGA16 driver for
800x600 in XF86Free, since NeoMagic do not release their specs.

BTW, IMHO the XiG Server seems to be very expensive ($200/$250).


Volker

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From: heun@ICSI.Berkeley.EDU (Volker Heun)
Subject: Re: NeoMagic Drivers
Date: 1998/01/09
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