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Xref: sserve comp.unix.sysv386:25866 comp.unix.bsd:8293 comp.windows.x:47860 Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!network.ucsd.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!spool.mu.edu!agate!curtis From: curtis@cs.berkeley.edu (Curtis Yarvin) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,comp.unix.bsd,comp.windows.x Subject: Re: I need 8514/ATI Graphics Ultra support for ISC UNIX SVR3.2 & X11R4 Date: 24 Nov 1992 06:17:45 GMT Organization: CS Dept. Snakepit - Do Not Feed. Lines: 41 Message-ID: <1eshe9INNeum@agate.berkeley.edu> References: <PATRY.92Nov16102428@jy.Software.Mitel.COM> <1992Nov16.213215.4701@netcom.com> <1992Nov23.073800.6592@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE> NNTP-Posting-Host: cobra.cs.berkeley.edu In article <1992Nov23.073800.6592@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE> roell@informatik.tu-muenchen.de (Thomas Roell) writes: >> >We are using the Metrolink X11R4 software with Motif 1.1.3 on ISC 3.0. >> >They support the ATI ultra very well. For information call >> > >> >(305) 970-7353 >> > >> >They also have X11R5 with Motif 1.1.4 available. >> > >> It is trivial to port XBSD8514 to ISC. >> XBSD8514 is known to work with the ATI Ultra and has been clocked >> at 60k xstones. > >Well, the issue here is that MetroLink (and SGCS) have access to the >full documents about the Mach8/Mach32 chipsets. Mach8 documentation is now publicly available. >Since you can get them only under a NDA, a free X-server would never give >you the same power as a commercial version, which can make use of these >details. The Mach8 extensions are minor, and will not be noticed under most applications; I suspect the SGCS 85k versus free 60k xstones is more a result of extensive tweaking and optimization than this. There are very few uses of X under which you will notice the difference between 85k and 60k xstones. >Furthermore, you have to use DOS to setup a 1024x768 NI mode. This is not, technically, a lie; but it is intentionally misleading. You do, indeed, have to use DOS to set up a 1024x768 mode. That mode is the 1024x768x60hz mode. If your monitor can handle 70hz - and most can, these days - you will have no problem. The Ultra boots in 1024x768x70hz mode by default. Roell has, in the past, claimed that SysV use of X8514 requires kernel mods; this is also false. SVR3 has a call to enable user-level port access, and I believe SVR4 has it too. c