Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 18:07:46 -0500 (EST) From: P Lynch <lynch@rush.net> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com>, perl <perl@netmug.org>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Asus SP97-V and XFree86 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980627180652.13421A-100000@cygnus.rush.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980626105530.25008i-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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Doug, yes there are decent p-166(MMX) systems for ~600 dollars =) come to NYC and visit, I'll show you =) ___________________________________________________________________________ Pat Lynch lynch@rush.net Systems Administrator Rush Networking ___________________________________________________________________________ On Fri, 26 Jun 1998, Doug White wrote: > 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 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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