Re: New hardware advice please...

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From: Michael Meissner
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 00:00

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"J. Clarke" <nospam@nospam.nospam> writes:

> >2. Video Card
> >either    8mb ATI 3D Xpert98
> >or        8mb Matrox Productiva G100
> >or        8mb Hercules Terminator 128/3D AGP
> 
> Check the supported hardware for your release--the G100 is not supported as
> far as I know by 2.0.  I've not played with it enough yet to figure out if
> there's a workaround.
> 
> Personally I'd find an S3-based board.

At least some S3 based video cards don't work on LX (and possibly BX)
motherboards.  For example my old #9 GXE64Pro (S3-964 based) did not work when
I upgraded from a Pentium to a Pentium-II (using an Abit LX6 motherboard).

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From: Michael Meissner <meissner@cygnus.com>
Subject: Re: New hardware advice please...
Date: 1998/08/21
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