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Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 18:07:46 -0500 (EST)
From: P Lynch <lynch@rush.net>
To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
cc: Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com>, perl <perl@netmug.org>,
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Subject: Re: Asus SP97-V and XFree86
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Doug, yes there are decent p-166(MMX) systems for ~600 dollars =)

come to NYC and visit, I'll show you =)

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Pat Lynch						lynch@rush.net
Systems Administrator					Rush Networking
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On Fri, 26 Jun 1998, Doug White wrote:

> On Fri, 26 Jun 1998, Ludwig Pummer wrote:
> 
> > Unfortunately, it isn't ATI. The graphics chip part of the SP97-V's
> > chipset, the SiS 5598, which is currently not supported by XFree86 3.3.2.
> > It doesn't seem to be compatible with any other graphics chipset. Not
> > surprising considering the motherboard costs $85, less than many decent
> > video cards.
> 
> Thanks for the update.
> 
> > The XFree86 folks should add support for this as this is a _very_ popular
> > motherboard at the small computer store where I work. I would guess we sell
> > more than 50 systems a week which use this (decent $579 P-166 systems w/o
> > monitor).
> 
> *decent* $600 systems?  I have trouble believing that.
> 
> 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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