Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 11:28:23 +0100 From: "Koster, K.J." <K.J.Koster@kpn.com> To: 'James Felix Black' <jfb@visi.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Questions about hardware support Message-ID: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E4522026D7721@l04.research.kpn.com>
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> > First, X. I'm trying to decide between the Voodoo5 and the GeForce > 2. My concern is 2D quality and performance in X. Will both of these > cards work? Neither? 3D X performance is meaningless to me. Also, I > want very badly to use a Kensington Expert Mouse (a four button > trackball) in X -- will I be able to use all four buttons? I've had > problems in Linux before with the X server not distinguishing between > various and sundry button events. > FreeBSD uses XFree86, I think you're better off asking on their mailing lists: http://www.xfree86.org/ > > SCSI. I assume that an Adaptec 39160 would work flawlessly -- yes? > No? Issues? > Isn't this the version with several SCSI bus connectors? Wouldn't the 19160 be better for you, if you're only going to use a few disks? > > Finally, has anyone yet installed FreeBSD on a KT133 Athlon board > before? If so, any recommendations? I'm looking at a FIC AZ11 > currently. > Dunno. Try it and let us know. :-) Kees Jan ================================================= TV is the worst of both worlds. It's not as good at words as radio is because the pictures are a distraction which demand attention, and it's not as good as cinema because the pictures are not nearly as good. Douglas Adams To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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