From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Feb 16 13:58:46 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from builder.freebsd.org (builder.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.24]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6044337B519 for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 13:58:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from don@calis.blacksun.org) Received: from calis.blacksun.org (calis.blacksun.org [168.100.186.40]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8F48132E8 for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 13:57:58 -0800 (PST) Received: by calis.blacksun.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 3F05E76; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 16:59:18 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by calis.blacksun.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39E1F49ED; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 16:59:18 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 16:59:18 -0500 (EST) From: Don To: Dirk Kleinhesselink Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help installing FreeBSD 4.0 on AlphaStation 200 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Well it appears that you have several choices here. Choice #1: I have an AlphaStation 200 and I currently use an S3 virge in it with absolutely no difficulties. If you wish you can choose to purchase one of these cards for about $25. Choice #2: You can also run Linux since it supports the TGA card. Choice #3: You can write the driver. To be honest, I agree with you. I think the FreeBSD Alpha team should get the TGA cards supported instead of working on useless stuff like SMP or OSF/1 compatability . Seriously though, noone has had the time, or the inclination (given the fact that the average virge card with s3 server outperforms the TGA hands down) to bother supporting the card. It may come but few people see a reason for it. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message