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From: jfieber@sophia.smith.edu (J Fieber)
Subject: Re: XFree86/NetBSD 0.9/S3 problems.
Message-ID: <1993Sep22.205851.9595@sophia.smith.edu>
Keywords: X, NetBSD, S3
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In article <LTIHBZ4W@math.fu-berlin.de>,
Robert A. Wheeler <pipes@knock1.mgh.harvard.edu> wrote:
>
>Regarding current problems with XS3 on NetBSD...
>
>Aha! I am not married to running NB 0.9... Would the FreeBSD + XFree86 1.3
>be a likely combination on this platform? DECpc 433dx + S3.

Works for me.  :)

I have an Orchid 1208 VLB (s3-805) and am using the XS3-805 server from
sunvis.rtpnc.epa.gov.  There are some quirks---don't use it with xdm, 
some fonts turn out with "blobs" on them---but it is functional.

-john
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