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From: ted@ags.ga.erg.sri.com (Ted Nolan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Looking for good ISA video card for XFree86/FreeBSD 2.1
Date: 27 Jun 1996 23:43:04 GMT
Organization: SRI International
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Message-ID: <4qv6a8$sck@news1.sunbelt.net>
NNTP-Posting-Host: solabel1.ga.erg.sri.com

Hello folks,

I've got a Dell DX266 tower with built in S3 video.  It's nice when it works,
but there's a glitchy connector on the motherboard that's always coming loose
and flaking out my video.  I'm very tired of opening up the case and twiddling
it multiple times until I get clear video again, so I'm looking for a
replacement (I can tell the PC to ignore the built-in video).  Unfortunately,
all I have is ISA slots.

Can anyone suggest a good ISA card for XFree86/FreeBSD 2.1 that will do at
least 1024x768 and doesn't have any problem with system RAM > 16MB.  I'm
looking for specific vendors and model numbers.  It's nice to know that
anything with a "foo79" chip will work, but very few vendor ads seem to
mention the chipset (half of them don't even mention the slot type..)

				Thanks!

				Ted Nolan