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Date:      Tue, 26 May 1998 21:08:45 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        baden@lords.com
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Undocumented?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980526210809.13318z-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199805251816.NAA16332@wpg-03.escape.ca>

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On Mon, 25 May 1998 baden@lords.com wrote:

> Hello,
> 	As I am unable to download the entire FreeBSD handbook I was
> searching for specific hardware compatabilities.  I was unable to retrieve
> any video card h/w specs - could you please email these to me, as well, I
> couldn't find whether or not FreeBSD will be compatable with an ASUSTek
> P2L97 LX motherboard w/ PII 333 - the board has an AGP slot; does FreeBSD
> support an AGP video card?

XFree86 sees it as a PCI card so it should work fine.

> 	What about video features supported:  ie. I will be connecting a
> cable modem to my system and will also like to have live video feeds.
> Will the OS support channel-changer-style video cards or will this fall
> under the X-Windows features.

Yes, make sure you grab a Bt848 based board -- see
http://www.freebsd.org/~ahasty/Bt848.html.

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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