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From: torin@pentagon.io.com (Torin/Darren/Who Ever...)
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Subject: Re: List of recommended hardware components
Date: 3 Feb 1995 20:36:13 -0800
Organization: Discordian Alliance For Teaching
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In article <3g890k$cbl@ionews.io.org>, Brian Tao <taob@io.org> wrote:
>    After balancing cost considerations and my requirements (i.e., I
>don't need the absolute fastest video), I've come up with the following
>system:
>
>  * ATI Mach32 Graphics Ultra Pro, 2 megabytes VRAM

>    For video, an ATI Mach64 Graphics Pro Turbo or a #9 GXE64Pro with
>four megs would be cool, but they run over $500 each.  1280x1024x256 is
>sufficient, as long as it is non-interlaced and provides a comfortable
>refresh rate (70Hz or faster).  The ATI Mach32 GUP fits the bill nicely
>and has excellent driver support in both Warp and XFree86 3.1.  Of

I was running a nice little linux system and I would have odd X lockups
that I couldn't ever figure out.  I replaced the ATI Mach32 GUP with a
#9 GXE64Pro and moved the ATI card over to a MS-Windoze machine.  This
was the end of my odd X lockups.  (The lockups I get now, I can
explain.)  Now, the MS-Windoze system sporadically locks up.

Feh, IMO, don't get the ATI Mach32 GUP.  The Mach8 card was nice but the
Mach32 have odd problems.

Darren Stalder <torin@io.com>  <torin@daft.com>
<URL:http://www.daft.com/~torin/>  <URL:http://www.io.com/~torin/>