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Date:      Fri, 10 Nov 2000 07:06:50 -0600
From:      "Joseph E. Royce" <joe@freyr.cba.ualr.edu>
To:        Heredity Choice <stork@QNET.COM>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Video Cards
Message-ID:  <20001110070650.A9988@freyr.cba.ualr.edu>
In-Reply-To: <000201c04aef$24977a00$6ac6ddd1@STORK>; from stork@QNET.COM on Fri, Nov 10, 2000 at 12:20:53AM -0800
References:  <Pine.SOL.4.10.10011100233440.9303-100000@pacman.gpcc.itd.umich.edu> <000201c04aef$24977a00$6ac6ddd1@STORK>

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On Fri, Nov 10, 2000 at 12:20:53AM -0800, Heredity Choice wrote:
> 
> > >     I was looking over the supported hardware list for FreeBSD and I
> > didn't see any video cards listed.
> >
> > That's because FreeBSD doesn't provide the support for video cards.  A
> > project called XFree86 does.  See www.xfree86.org
> 
> This is true for the Intel platform. However, for the Alpha platform not
> every video card will allow the system to boot. With a Cirrhus Logic 5434 I
> get a lovely tweed pattern instead of an image on my EB164. I should like to
> upgrade my ancient video card. Does anybody know of a list of video cards
> that work with an Alpha?
> 
> Paul Smith
> 

I have successfully used a Diamond Stealth 64 (S3 chip) and
a 3DLabs Oxygen ACX (Permedia 2 chip) in my PC164. I hear that
some of the older Matrox cards work as well.

-Joe


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