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From: dawes@physics.su.OZ.AU (David Dawes)
Subject: Re: X-Windows support for VGA boards
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References: <1993Oct21.174347.20873@imagen.com> <MARK_WEAVER.93Oct26070023@excelsior.cis.brown.edu> <2ajumr$kjp@news.cerf.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1993 14:21:55 GMT
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In article <2ajumr$kjp@news.cerf.net> root@kingdom.com (Charlie Root) writes:
>In article <MARK_WEAVER.93Oct26070023@excelsior.cis.brown.edu>,
> <Mark_Weaver@brown.edu> wrote:
>>In article <1993Oct21.174347.20873@imagen.com> rturner@jrtipc.aqm.com (Randy Turner) writes:
>>> Is there a current list of VGA hardware that is supported by XFree86...
>>> 
>>> specifically, with all the ads for the new hot VGA accelerator boards such
>>> as the diamond viper, and all the VL-bus boards, I was wondering if the
>>> X-server for 386BSD could take advantage of this.....(?)
>
> Here's a list of chipsets supported by XFree86 2.0, which is being
> released on October 31:
>
> At this time, XFree86 2.0 supports the following accelerated chipsets:
> 
>     8514/A (and true clones)
>     ATI Mach8, Mach32
>     Cirrus CLGD5426, CLGD5428
>     S3 86C911, 86C924, 86C801, 86C805, 86C928
>     Western Digital WD90C31
> 
> In addition, the following SVGA chipsets are supported:
>     
>     Tseng ET3000, ET4000AX, ET4000/W32
>     Western Digital/Paradise PVGA1
>     Western Digital WD90C00, WD90C10, WD90C11, WD90C30, WD90C31
>     Genoa GVGA
>     Trident TVGA8800CS, TVGA8900B, TVGA8900C, TVGA8900CL, TVGA9000
>     ATI 28800-4, 28800-5, 28800-a
>     NCR 77C22, 77C22E
>     Cirrus Logic CLGD5420, CLGD5422, CLGD5424, CLGD5426, CLGD5428, 
>                  CLGD6205, CLGD6215, CLGD6225, CLGD6235
>     Compaq AVGA
>     OAK OTI067, OTI077
>
>         Mark
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>Email: Mark_Weaver@brown.edu           | Brown University
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>
>Well, is the Orchid P9000 supported using the Weitek P9000 chip?

Is it listed above?

>ALso,
>I'm considering getting the Orchid Celsius but I don't know what chipset
>that uses and if it's supported or not....

I'd need to know what chipset it uses to answer that.

David
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