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From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr)
Subject: Re: Problems running XS3-0.3 on various S3 cards
Message-ID: <hastyCBJvs5.IxA@netcom.com>
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References: <244rr2$6jv@st-james.comp.vuw.ac.nz> <hastyCBHF68.42s@netcom.com> <CBHsu9.3L@obiwan.uucp>
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1993 15:45:40 GMT
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In article <CBHsu9.3L@obiwan.uucp> bob@obiwan.uucp (Bob Willcox) writes:
>In article <hastyCBHF68.42s@netcom.com>,
>Amancio Hasty Jr <hasty@netcom.com> wrote:
>>XS3 does not work with NetBSD current. The good folks changed the kernel
>>enough. I am sure that they had good reasons to change things a bit. 
>>It is hard for me to keep upgrading or maintaining code for all 
>>the variants of 386bsd. I don't have the bandwith nor a great movitation
>>to do the job. Funny, how a small Unix group can get so fragmented like
>>the rest of the Unix community. We are mirroring the market too closely.
>>
>>XS3 for 386bsd works with NetBSD-0.8, 386bsd-0.1, the 386bsd + patchkit 
>>(provided that you include pccons.c)
>
>Does this mean that XS3 will NOT work with 386bsd-0.1 + 0.2.4 + codrv?

No, I don't support codrv;however, the code is generally available for
anyone to twist, tear, enhanced, etc.

please, do "archie -s xs3" to locate your nearest ftp site carrying XS3.

I am currently working  on true color support for XS3 

Good luck,
Amancio


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