Date: Thu, 06 Mar 97 18:25:40 PST From: raj@cisco.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Running on a Ascentia P50 CTS12? Message-ID: <199703070225.SAA22285@rjohnson-home-ss20.cisco.com>
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I'm looking at running FreeBSD and XFree86 on an AST Ascentia P50 CTS12. This system has a 12.1" screen (800x600). I talked to someone recently who ran this on the same AST Ascentia P50 but with a 11.3" screen and said he had no problems. (Surprisingly, he even had no problems running XFree86 3.1.2 on this eventhough it uses a GD7543 video chip which wasn't supported until 3.2 and even then supposedly still has some problems. He even tells me his system uses the same video chip. He tells me he used a compatible config and I have a copy of his config file.) This sounds good but I'm hesitating because I can't find any company which would allow me to return the system if it didn't work out. So... Given that someone has already run this on an AST Ascentia P50 with a smaller screen, what's the chance of my having problems on this newer model with a larger screen? I'm worried about possible minor changes in things like CDROM controllers, memory cache chips, etc. What do you think? /raj
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