Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 23:31:32 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "James P. Brewster" <web-designs@virtual-net.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Unix Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971026233002.12269R-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <344C5C97.BA094A0D@virtual-net.net>
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On Tue, 21 Oct 1997, James P. Brewster wrote: > I have free/bsd installed on my laptop, but I cannot access the internet > because free/bsd does not come with any compatible drivers for my modem. > I have a U.S Robotics/Megahertz XJ1560 56k. modem. If you have any > suggestions please let me know?? Install the PAO distribution from http://www.jp.freebsd.org/PAO. > Also I can only use a generic driver for my video card, it is a Neo > Magic possibly made by Yamaha? If you have any suggestions for that > also please notify me!! As mentioned previously, NeoMagic has not chosen to release the programming specs for it's cards, so an accelerated X server is only available commercially. Luckily, it's from XI Graphics, a long time FreeBSD supporter. I think AccelX is ~$100 and is a great package. See http://www.xig.com/ for info. 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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