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From: pha@umich.edu (Paul H. Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Stealth 64 2MB VRAM Config
Date: 11 Mar 1995 16:05:47 GMT
Organization: University of Michigan
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Message-ID: <3jshos$8f7@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu>
References: <3jm1cg$j10@gap.cco.caltech.edu>
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In article <3jm1cg$j10@gap.cco.caltech.edu>,
T. A. Account <ta@kelvin.caltech.edu> wrote:
>Can anyone give any tips on configuring for Stealth 64 2MB VRAM
>in a PCI slot.  I thought I got everything write in the
>config file, but no luck when I tried startx.  
>
>Any suggestions?  I think the correct params are Ramdac ATTBt485,
>with ClockChip ICD2061A.
>
>- Joe
> 

From my XFree 3.1 XF86Config file:

Section "Device" 
        Identifier      "Stealth 64"
        VendorName      "Diamond"
        BoardName       "64"
        Ramdac          "Bt485" 
        Dacspeed        110
        Option          "dac_8_bit"
        Option          "power_saver"
        Clockchip       "icd2061a"
EndSection

My monitor is a ViewSonic 17G, and I use the following monitor section:
Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "ViewSonic 17G"
    VendorName "ViewSonic"
    ModelName "17"
    BandWidth 86.0
    HorizSync 30-64
    VertRefresh 50-160
    Mode "1152x900"
        DotClock 90
        HTimings 1152 1248 1472 1552 VTimings 900  900  914  946
    EndMode
    Mode "1280x960"
        DotClock 104
        HTimings 1280 1376 1672 1736 VTimings 960  960  973 1008
    EndMode

Screen section is:
Section "Screen"
    Driver      "accel"
    Device      "Stealth 64"
    Monitor     "ViewSonic 17G"
#    Subsection  "Display"
#        Depth      16  
#        Modes      "1152x900"
#        ViewPort    0 0
#        Virtual            1152 900
#    EndSubsection
    Subsection  "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes       "1152x900"
        ViewPort    0 0
        Virtual     1152 900
    EndSubsection

I manually switch the file by editing to get 16 bit truecolor (the
commented out lines).  The setup I am using works extremely nicely.
Overall, I'd take this P90 PCI machine over a Sparc 20 any day.

Paul Anderson
pha@umich.edu