From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Jul 28 2:28:28 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from hermes.research.kpn.com (hermes.research.kpn.com [139.63.192.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5771E37C1E0 for ; Fri, 28 Jul 2000 02:28:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from K.J.Koster@kpn.com) Received: from l04.research.kpn.com (l04.research.kpn.com [139.63.192.204]) by research.kpn.com (PMDF V5.2-31 #42699) with ESMTP id <01JSARTQYOYA000501@research.kpn.com> for freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 28 Jul 2000 11:28:24 +0200 Received: by l04.research.kpn.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Fri, 28 Jul 2000 11:28:24 +0100 Content-return: allowed Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 11:28:23 +0100 From: "Koster, K.J." Subject: RE: Questions about hardware support To: 'James Felix Black' Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E4522026D7721@l04.research.kpn.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > 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