Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 12:21:12 -0800 (PST) From: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@nike.efn.org> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: William Robertson <robr@wired.com>, Joe Kelly <joe@gaia.gol.com>, mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Laptop Question. Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970109121828.12973E-100000@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> In-Reply-To: <199701091914.MAA07573@rocky.mt.sri.com>
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On Thu, 9 Jan 1997, Nate Williams wrote: > William Robertson writes: > > > > I've heard good things about the Hi-Note, but I don't think I'll get to > > install FreeBSD on my boss's 560. However, if it runs the 560 would be > > a *really* nice box. It's pretty sweet. > > > > it installs and runs on the 560. xfree86 3.2 runs with a bit o > > tweeking, but only does 8-bit colour (please contact me if you can do > > better :-). > > Can the 560 do 800x600? Also, I don't know of any X servers that can > go better than 8-bit with the LCD screens, even though under Windows 3.1 > I can do 16-bit color on my older 755CX. Bryan Tarr is running 16bit at 800x600 w/ XFree86... it required the a beta of XFree86 (this was before 3.2 was released)... but it runs quite nicely.... it's more of a problem with the display chip not being supported by the server... so make sure you research it... John-Mark gurney_j@efn.org http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/ Modem/FAX: (541) 683-6954 (FreeBSD Box) Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD (unix)
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