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From: David Dawes <dawes@physics.usyd.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: X server and Diam.St.64VRAM Vision968 + TI 3026 220Mhz RAMDAC - HOW ?
To: jan@bagend.atl.ga.us (Jan Isley)
Date: Sat, 1 Jul 1995 16:07:05 +1000 (EST)
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>> > Subject: XFree and Diam.Stealth 64VRAM 86C968-P + TI 220Mhz 3026 - HOW ? ?
>> > Newsgroups: alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
>alt.uu?
>
>> > 	Sorry for the possible off-topic, but probably some1 here customized
>> > 	S3 server for that particular chipset ( subject) ? 
>
>That would be the Diamond Stealth 64 Video VRAM.  I like mine. :)
>The VRAM has a S3-964 and a Ti 3025 RAMDAC.  It should work now with
>the XFree86 3.1.1 S3 driver.  The Video VRAM has a S3-968 and a Ti 3026
>RAMDAC.  For the S3-968, the 3.1.1u2 S3 driver works with Linux now.
>
>One of the commercial outfits claim to have a working driver for it.
>They have (or had) a demo available via ftp.
>
>> Wait for the next release of XFree86 (or ask the XFree86 folks) there is
>> support in 3.1.1A and later for this card, but I don't know if that is
>> a public release yet.
>
>According to a recent exchange with Harald Koenig of XFree86 S3 driver
>fame, this updated driver, and other goodies will not be available for
>FreeBSD until they release 3.1.2 sometime in the next month or two.

The expected release date for 3.1.2 is in a few weeks.

David