Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 01:00:27 -0500 From: "Anthony Rubin" <arubin@concentric.net> To: <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG>, "James Felix Black" <jfb@visi.com> Subject: Re: Questions about hardware support Message-ID: <004c01bff78f$f6f63da0$b8850140@r2d2> References: <q5qr98g1vmn.fsf@isis.visi.com>
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You may want to look into the Adaptec 19160 instead depending on your needs. ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Felix Black" <jfb@visi.com> To: <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 3:31 PM Subject: Questions about hardware support > Hi, > > I'm going to be buying a new system (Athlon Thunderbird) to run > FreeBSD (and Windows for gaming.) I have a couple of hardware > questions. > > First, X. I'm trying to decide between the Voodoo5 and the GeForce > 2. My concern is 2D quality and performance in X. Will both of these > cards work? Neither? 3D X performance is meaningless to me. Also, I > want very badly to use a Kensington Expert Mouse (a four button > trackball) in X -- will I be able to use all four buttons? I've had > problems in Linux before with the X server not distinguishing between > various and sundry button events. > > SCSI. I assume that an Adaptec 39160 would work flawlessly -- yes? > No? Issues? > > Finally, has anyone yet installed FreeBSD on a KT133 Athlon board > before? If so, any recommendations? I'm looking at a FIC AZ11 > currently. > > Thanks in advance, > (jfb) > > -- > My fellow Americans. As a young boy, I dreamed of being a baseball, > but tonight I say, we must move forward, not backward, upward not > forward, and always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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