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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!metro!news From: dawes@physics.su.OZ.AU (David Dawes) Subject: Re: X-Windows support for VGA boards Message-ID: <CFK7wJ.88u@ucc.su.OZ.AU> Sender: news@ucc.su.OZ.AU Nntp-Posting-Host: physics.su.oz.au Organization: School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia References: <1993Oct21.174347.20873@imagen.com> <MARK_WEAVER.93Oct26070023@excelsior.cis.brown.edu> <2ajumr$kjp@news.cerf.net> Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1993 14:21:55 GMT Lines: 59 In article <2ajumr$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 >-- >-------------------------------------------------------------------- >Email: Mark_Weaver@brown.edu | Brown University >PGP Key: finger mhw@cs.brown.edu | Dept of Computer Science > >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 -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ David Dawes <dawes@physics.su.oz.au> DoD#210 | Phone: +61 2 692 2639 School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia | Fax: +61 2 660 2903 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ You run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking and racing around to come up behind you again. -- Pink Floyd, "Time"