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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA156 ; Fri, 29 Jan 93 01:01:19 EST Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:10508 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:42504 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!uunet!ihz.compuserve.com!news From: news@csi.compuserve.com (Usenet News) Subject: re: ATI Mach32 and Xfree86 or XS3? Message-ID: <C1KDCv.6tn@csi.compuserve.com> Organization: CompuServe Incorporated References: <1993Jan26.162704.13442@usasoc.soc.mil> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 12:29:18 GMT Expires: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 00:00:00 GMT Lines: 18 In article <1993Jan26.162704.13442@usasoc.soc.mil> ted@usasoc.soc.mil (Mr. Ted Nolan) writes: >Hello folks, > >I'm plugging along in my quest to spec out a nice 486 system to get and >run 386BSD and X on. I've seen a few advertisements for the ATI Mach32 >video card. It seems this is a local bus card that can do 1024x1280 in >256 color mode. Does anyone know if this has an S3 or ET4000 chipset? >Can you run X on it? > Ted, The Mach32 IS the "chipset". It serves the same functions as the S3 although considerably faster. I'm hoping someone will post an X driver for the Mach32 so I can justify getting an ATI Ultra Plus (This is an unabashed hint to all 386BSD System programmers with ATI Ultra Plus's) -Rell