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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA1412 ; Tue, 23 Feb 93 14:40:33 EST Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:11271 comp.windows.x.i386unix:529 comp.windows.x:50276 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.windows.x.i386unix,comp.windows.x Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!yale.edu!ira.uka.de!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!The-Star.honeywell.com!umn.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!hasty From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) Subject: Re: 1280 * 1024 on XFree86? Message-ID: <1993Feb17.005456.20768@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <1993Feb16.205225.2553@usasoc.soc.mil> Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1993 00:54:56 GMT Lines: 34 In article <1993Feb16.205225.2553@usasoc.soc.mil> ted@usasoc.soc.mil (Mr. Ted Nolan) writes: >Hello folks, > >Well I see the latest XFree86 is out, but after reading the announcement, >I've still got a few questions. My problem is that I'm not intimately >familiar with PC video hardware, so the listing of what chipsets are >supported doesn't tell me too much (and if I look in _Computer Shopper_, >or some other mag, I'll be lucky if they mention the chipset at all). > >Simple question: Are there any boards (manufacturer and model please!) >that work with XFree86 on 386BSD that will give you a decent, non interlaced, >low flicker at 1024*1280 on a 17-21" monitor (models here would be nice too!) > > > Thanks, > > Ted Nolan > ted@usasoc.soc.mil The next release of XS3 will support your desired resolution and it should be out in about a week or two. We will also announce which S3 boards XS3 will support the desired resolutions. Besides even if we told you today which board it will probably take a week or two to get the board many of the popular vga manufacturers are going to release the board that we want shortly. Regards, Amancio -- This message brought to you by the letters X and S and the number 3 Amancio Hasty | Home: (415) 495-3046 | ftp-site depository of all my work: e-mail hasty@netcom.com | sunvis.rtpnc.epa.gov:/pub/386bsd/incoming