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Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 17:40:31 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Andrew Wyatt <awyatt@usa.net>
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Subject: Re: hardware support
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On Fri, 26 Jun 1998, Andrew Wyatt wrote:

> i've searched www.freebsd.org, handbooks, and faqs, and also inquired in
> efnet, without finding any information on my questions,
> 
> i am currently running freebsd 2.2.6 p-100 64m 1.6gb creative pro, etc

OK.

> and i am looking to dump windows all together in favor of freebsd, but i
> would like to know if anyone out there has used the following hardware
> successfully with freebsd: 
> 
> station #1
> 
> umax 310p (parallel) scanner

Nope.

> lexmark 1020 jet printer (will emulate hp deskjet)

Sure.

> yamaha opl/3 3d pnp sound card

Yes, used the pcm sound driver.

> s3 Virge DX video card w/ 4mb

No problem with X and the SVGA server.

> laptop #1
> ess 1688 pnp sound card

I have this working on my laptop even though everyone says it shouldn't
work. :)

> neomagic 128 video

There's no official X server for htis, although there is a patch to the
XFree86 source to hack some modes out of it, and apparently you can boot
with a graphic console and use the SVGA server to pick up the mode.
Haven't tried this.

AccelX has a Laptop Edition that supports the NeoMagic.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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