Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 09:45:46 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams) Cc: robr@wired.com, nate@mt.sri.com, joe@gaia.gol.com, mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Laptop Question. Message-ID: <199701092315.JAA28508@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199701091914.MAA07573@rocky.mt.sri.com> from Nate Williams at "Jan 9, 97 12:14:25 pm"
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Nate Williams stands accused of saying: > > > > 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. AccelX does 800x600x16 on the Sharp PC9030/9070 (Cirrus 7543), but only unaccelerated (problem in their 7543 driver or the chipset implementation; the jury is out on which is correct). > Nate -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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