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kehr@rs3.hrz.th-darmstadt.de (Roger Kehr) writes:


>I'm  looking for a new graphics system (graphics card and
>monitor) for my new 386BSD-system. I heard something about 
>an X-Server for S3-cards i'm very interested in.

>My questions on this topic are :

>- how stable ist XS3 for 386BSD ?

I've been using XS3 for a few months now with an STB WIND/X board
(911 based with Logitech mouse).  I've had no problem.  Things are stable
enough that I never run in anything but an X11 environment anymore.

>- what about the performance relative to a ET4000 card (e.g.
>  Diamond Speedstar+ )

The S3's should put the ET4000's to shame.

>- Are there more newsgroups I could ask ?

This is the place.

>I need a stable system and can't afford to make too much 
>experiments with X. 

>Is it better to choose a fast ET4000 than a S3 ?

Not in my opinion.
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In article <scott.728179123@pita> scott@pita.cns.ucla.edu (Scott Burris) writes:
>kehr@rs3.hrz.th-darmstadt.de (Roger Kehr) writes:
>>- how stable ist XS3 for 386BSD ?
>
>I've been using XS3 for a few months now with an STB WIND/X board
>(911 based with Logitech mouse).  I've had no problem.  Things are stable
>enough that I never run in anything but an X11 environment anymore.
>

I was using XS3 with an Orchid F1280, but had to switch back to XFree86 and
my ET4000-based Orchid PD IIs.  I've had problems with fonts in some
cases, and xtroff was unusable (and I needed to use it).

  -Dan
   dmuntz@eecs.umich.edu

In article <1993Jan28.023813.4635@zip.eecs.umich.edu> dmuntz@quip.eecs.umich.edu (Dan Muntz) writes:
>In article <scott.728179123@pita> scott@pita.cns.ucla.edu (Scott Burris) writes:
>>kehr@rs3.hrz.th-darmstadt.de (Roger Kehr) writes:
>>>- how stable ist XS3 for 386BSD ?
>>
>
>I was using XS3 with an Orchid F1280, but had to switch back to XFree86 and
>my ET4000-based Orchid PD IIs.  I've had problems with fonts in some
>cases, and xtroff was unusable (and I needed to use it).
>
On my system with my Actix GraphicEngine32(S3 801), I have not been able to
reproduce the font problems nor the xtroff problem.

Amancio



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