Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:14:43 -0700 (MST) From: "brian j. peterson" <rbw@myplace.org> To: ynishimura@home.nimc.go.jp Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SRM of Digital personal workstation can only works just with matrox ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006201534090.258-100000@malkavian.org> In-Reply-To: <49256904.007A8DB1.00@cmnotesx.nimc.go.jp>
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On Wed, 21 Jun 2000 ynishimura@home.nimc.go.jp wrote: # SRM of Digital personal workstation can only works just with matrox ? # # I tried to install FreeBSD4.0/Alpha into Digitalpersonal workstation600a. # I tried changing AlphaBios to srm. At bootin,itsaid "illeagal device on slot 5" # # It was the display card "powerstorm" that has been working with windows/NT4.0. # # I changed it with Mach64(rage128?), Number9 GXE64pro and so on, but the boot # failed. # # My friend said that srm for it can work only withmatrox. # # Is that true? (i'm using an AlphaStation 200 4/233, but i believe it to be sufficiently similar to the PW series that what i am about to say applies. also note that i'm not a developer... just a user who has had his own troubles with getting video cards to work on an alpha.) it isn't true. i know from personal experiece that ATI Mach64-based, Number Nine T2R-based, and Nvidia TNT-based PCI cards don't work. i have had Matrox- and 3DLabs Permedia2-based PCI cards working in my alpha at different times. based on what i have read: -S3 Virge-based cards will work. -the powerstorm (which is an S3 Trio64-based card) SHOULD work considering DEC marketed and sold them for use with alphas (see http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/tru64-unix-managers/9611/msg00489.html for more info). it is unclear to me whether the the GXE64pro (which is an S3 Vision 964-based card) will work or not. can you get ANY card to work on this box currently? (even matrox?) -brian -- --===-----=======-----------=============-----------------=================== | rbw aka bjp | god's final message to his creation: | | rbw@myplace.org | we apologize for the inconvenience. | ===================-----------------=============-----------=======-----===-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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