Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 16:06:56 +0100 From: Geoff Buckingham <geoffb@chuggalug.clues.com> To: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl> Cc: Chris Shenton <cshenton@uucom.com>, Charles Richmond <cmr@sitaranetworks.com>, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hardware/Software Multia/UDB questions Message-ID: <20000929160656.B8918@chuggalug.clues.com> In-Reply-To: <20000929164004.B1155@freebie.demon.nl>; from Wilko Bulte on Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 04:40:04PM %2B0200 References: <31269226357BD211979E00A0C9866DABE411FD@rios.sitaranetworks.com> <lfn1grmftu.fsf@Samizdat.uucom.com> <20000929164004.B1155@freebie.demon.nl>
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On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 04:40:04PM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote: > > > > How hard would it be to turn a diskless multia into a diskless X-term? > > I've been avoiding doing anything with mine due to fear of heat-death. > > If running diskless can be done -- preferably as an Xterm, not a full > > OS -- I'd be all over it. > > Multia has builtin TGA, I'm not too sure if there is a working X server > for that one. > I was a part of a group of 20 folks who purchased multias 18-24 months ago most of them experianced heat death, including those that ran diskless:-) I would suggest following Mikes advice and uprgrading the fan, combine that with the vertical stand and possibly a DIY heatsink. It may work. I think of the folks here people had the most luck running Linux, heat death wise. (probably just dumb luck) Xfree does have a TGA driver, seen it reported working under linux. Linux folks also report working machines using S3 PCI VGA cards in the PCI slot. PS I wish in no way to advocate the use of Linux. -- GeoffB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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