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From: restrugo@fate.fateware.com (Ramiro Estrugo)
Newsgroups: io.general,io.computers,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: List of recommended hardware components
Date: 05 Feb 1995 01:34:10 GMT
Organization: BEST Internet (415) 964-2378
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Message-ID: <RESTRUGO.95Feb4173410@fate.fateware.com>
References: <3g890k$cbl@ionews.io.org> <3gv07t$bld@pentagon.io.com>
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In-reply-to: torin@pentagon.io.com's message of 3 Feb 1995 20:36:13 -0800

In article <3gv07t$bld@pentagon.io.com> torin@pentagon.io.com (Torin/Darren/Who Ever...) writes:

> From: torin@pentagon.io.com (Torin/Darren/Who Ever...)
> Newsgroups: io.general,io.computers,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.os2.misc
> Date: 3 Feb 1995 20:36:13 -0800
> Organization: Discordian Alliance For Teaching
> 
> 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.
> 

I had the exact same problem....exactly....

-ramiro
restrugo@best.com

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