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Date: Sat, 6 Sep 1997 16:42:45 +0930
From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
Cc: Rick Afonso <rafonso@global.co.za>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Drivers for NeoMagic graphics card for X-Windows
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On Fri, Sep 05, 1997 at 10:05:02PM -0700, Doug White wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Sep 1997, Rick Afonso wrote:
>
>> Hi there
>>
>> I have a notebook computer, with a NeoMagic MagicGraph 128ZV graphics
>> card. I would like to use FreeBSD and X-Windows on my notebook. Does
>> FreeBSD have support for the NeoMagic graphics cards for X-Windows ?
>
> More correctly, does XFree86 have support for the NeoMagic cards?
>
> The answer is no -- NeoMagic wants an NDA and XFree can't do that.
>
>> Apparently Xi Graphics have a driver set which supports this card, my
>> problem is that I can't afford to spend $150  ~= R750 in South Africa
>> for this software. Also My notebook is three weeks old - I cannot
>> have it replaced nor can I afford another one.
>
> That is your option for X -- or run 320x200x16.

I believe all display boards run 640x480x4.

Greg