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From: karn@servo.qualcomm.com (Phil Karn)
Subject: X support for Genoa 8500?
Message-ID: <1993Mar10.090422.9834@qualcomm.com>
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Organization: Qualcomm, Inc
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1993 09:04:22 GMT
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Has anybody heard of a Genoa WindowsVGA 24 8500VL VGA card? It's
a VESA VGA card that uses a "Cirrus" chip that nobody seems to
have heard of.

Any chance of getting this up and running under the vga256 driver
in XFree86? It currently runs only in low-res mono mode.

Phil