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Article #1602Re: BSD Unix on 6150-135?
From: Nicholas J. Simicich
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 1989 15:34
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 1989 15:34
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In article <4327@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu> schwartz@shire.cs.psu.edu (Scott Schwartz) writes: >In article <2853@stpstn.UUCP>, aad@stpstn (Anthony A. Datri) writes: >>It bothers me though that the megapel leaves those wide stripes of uselessness >>on the sides, though. The viking was decent, although only about 1000 x 750. > >I understand that the hardware can drive the "stripes", but X doesn't do it. >Complain to IBM when you get a chance; I did :-) >-- >Scott Schwartz <schwartz@shire.cs.psu.edu> The megapel adapter can drive the stripes, but it is still 1024x1024 pixels, which results in pixels that aren't square, circles that aren't round, and so forth under X. Probably not a goodness. There is a third party adapter available that is something like 1200x1024 that will drive the stripes and give you square pixels, at least under AIX. A driver is also available. Talk to your salesman. -- Nick Simicich --- uunet!bywater!scifi!njs --- njs@ibm.com (Internet)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!bywater!scifi!njs From: njs@scifi.UUCP (Nicholas J. Simicich) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt Subject: Re: BSD Unix on 6150-135? Summary: Yipes! Stripes! Message-ID: <547@scifi.UUCP> Date: 1 Mar 89 15:34:15 GMT References: <1966@nmtsun.nmt.edu> <28304@bu-cs.BU.EDU> <4321@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu> <2853@stpstn.UUCP> <4327@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu> Reply-To: njs@scifi.UUCP (Nicholas J. Simicich) Organization: Nick Simicich, IBM Watson Research Lines: 18