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From: "Daniel M. Eischen" <deischen@iworks.interworks.org>
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Subject: Re: freebsd laptop
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Craig Johnston wrote:

> I'm looking into a laptop to run FreeBSD on, but want to make sure
> the sound and video are supported.
>
> My criteria:
> good keyboard and pointing device
> TFT 1024x768 in true color
> 32 megs ram minimum
> 3 gb HD minimum
> 166MMX or better
> 12" display or better (13" optimal)
>
> Has anyone bought a laptop matching this description recently and managed
> to get XWindows running at 1024x768 in true color? 

My Chemusa Chembook 6800XL (see www.chemusa.com) has all of these
features:

P200MMX
TFT1024x768 14.1" display
32MB RAM or more
3GB Hard drive
Internal CD-ROM and Floppy
ESS1868 sound system
C&T 65554 graphics with 4MB Video RAM   
2-button touchpad mouse

XFree86 works in 1024x768 at both 16bpp and 24bpp and the sound
system works with FreeBSD sound drivers (not Luigi's sound (pcm)
driver though).

I liked Chemusa because they have the chipset information for
all their products online.  This will let you easily avoid the
dreaded NeoMagic video chip which isn't supported by XFree86.

Dan Eischen
deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org

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