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From: bvickers@valentine.ics.uci.edu (Brett J. Vickers)
Subject: Re: List of XFree86 Video Boards
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Date: 12 Oct 92 16:50:53 GMT
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dwex@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (david.e.wexelblat) writes:
>Diamond prefers to keep the relevent programming information proprietary, so
>XFree86 does not work with these boards (the SpeedStar 24 is an example

This is not entirely true.  Since the Speedstar 24 has 25 and 28 MHz
as default rates, you can always use those.  Plus, if you're willing
to boot to DOS right after starting your computer and running the
VMODE.EXE program supplied with the card, you can get Xfree to run
with the card's faster rates.

This is a headache, however, so I recommend buying another card if
you want to use Xfree.

--
Brett J. Vickers		"Substitute `damn' everytime you're
bvickers@ics.uci.edu		 inclined to write `very'; your editor
				 will delete it and the writing will be
				 just as it should be."  - Mark Twain