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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!blackbush.xlink.net!news.csl-gmbh.net!mechti!wupper.de!ns.knirsch.de!Dortmund.Germany.EU.net!interface-business.de!usenet From: j@ida.interface-business.de (J. Wunsch) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Q: What video and SCSI devices work? Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Date: 4 Jan 1996 13:39:28 GMT Organization: interface business GmbH, Dresden Lines: 36 Message-ID: <4cglag$s0d@innocence.interface-business.de> References: <APC&1'0'9a157ee1'1a1@igc.apc.org> Reply-To: joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de (Joerg Wunsch) NNTP-Posting-Host: ida.interface-business.de X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.3 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.misc:438 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:12043 "Thomas K. Unger" <unger@igc.apc.org> writes: > OK. I putting together a system to run freebsd. [...] > SCSI cards: > > I'm looking for a fast PCI card. Indication seems to be that I should > use the Buslogic BT-946. Now I find that people are selling Buslogic's > BT-930 Flasshpoint. Will this work or should I stick with the older card? Dunno. Most people seem to use NCR (52c810) or Adaptec (AHA[23]940) controllers when it comes to PCI. > Video cards: > > Again, I'm looking for a fast PCI card. Indications are that ATI Pro > Turbo or Diamond Stealth 64 are good cards. However, one web page > warned abainst the Stealth *graphics* 64 and recomended the Stealth > *video* 64. I find that people are selling the 2201 XL, which seems > to be the same as the stealth *graphics*. Have the compatibility > issues been solved? Diamond has a habit of revamping their devices to an entire different technology, without changing the name notably. So you have to be careful, and you should verify the XFree86 READMEs (or by Accelerated X by Xinside) in order to be sure. I'm using a #9 card that is S3 Trio64 (aka. 86c764?) based. It works well, including in 16-bit mode. -- J"org Wunsch Unix support engineer joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de [private: http://www.sax.de/~joerg/]