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Date:      Fri, 26 Jun 1998 10:56:05 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com>
Cc:        perl <perl@netmug.org>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Asus SP97-V and XFree86
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980626105530.25008i-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19980626000240.031a8658@mail.plstn1.sfba.home.com>

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On Fri, 26 Jun 1998, Ludwig Pummer wrote:

> Unfortunately, it isn't ATI. The graphics chip part of the SP97-V's
> chipset, the SiS 5598, which is currently not supported by XFree86 3.3.2.
> It doesn't seem to be compatible with any other graphics chipset. Not
> surprising considering the motherboard costs $85, less than many decent
> video cards.

Thanks for the update.

> The XFree86 folks should add support for this as this is a _very_ popular
> motherboard at the small computer store where I work. I would guess we sell
> more than 50 systems a week which use this (decent $579 P-166 systems w/o
> monitor).

*decent* $600 systems?  I have trouble believing that.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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