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Date:      Wed, 16 Feb 2000 20:48:34 -0500 (EST)
From:      Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
To:        Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Help installing FreeBSD 4.0 on AlphaStation 200 
Message-ID:  <14507.21163.155875.893371@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
In-Reply-To: <200002162349.PAA01400@mass.cdrom.com>
References:  <Pine.OSF.3.95.1000216110702.2104B-100000@amadeus.ucsf.edu> <200002162349.PAA01400@mass.cdrom.com>

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Mike Smith writes:

 > I've never seen an "official DEC/Compaq" system with TGA other than a 
 > Multia; everything they've ever shipped us has either been headless, or 
 > had a real video card in it.  As far as supporting the TGA is concerned; 
 > if someone were to step forward with the code, I'm sure we'd take it.

Not true.  

Most of the AlphaStation 200, 500 & 600 shipped with TGA cards.
They're essentially the same chip as DEC had been using on their older
TurboChannel boxes, but on a PCI interface.

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