Date: Sat, 1 Jul 1995 16:07:05 +1000 (EST) From: David Dawes <dawes@physics.usyd.edu.au> To: jan@bagend.atl.ga.us (Jan Isley) Cc: rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com, rashid@haven.ios.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X server and Diam.St.64VRAM Vision968 + TI 3026 220Mhz RAMDAC - HOW ? Message-ID: <199507010607.AA05617@physics.su.oz.au> In-Reply-To: <m0sQ5Rh-0000yRC@bagend.atl.ga.us> from "Jan Isley" at Jun 26, 95 00:06:49 am
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>> > Subject: XFree and Diam.Stealth 64VRAM 86C968-P + TI 220Mhz 3026 - HOW ? ? >> > Newsgroups: alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions >alt.uu? > >> > Sorry for the possible off-topic, but probably some1 here customized >> > S3 server for that particular chipset ( subject) ? > >That would be the Diamond Stealth 64 Video VRAM. I like mine. :) >The VRAM has a S3-964 and a Ti 3025 RAMDAC. It should work now with >the XFree86 3.1.1 S3 driver. The Video VRAM has a S3-968 and a Ti 3026 >RAMDAC. For the S3-968, the 3.1.1u2 S3 driver works with Linux now. > >One of the commercial outfits claim to have a working driver for it. >They have (or had) a demo available via ftp. > >> Wait for the next release of XFree86 (or ask the XFree86 folks) there is >> support in 3.1.1A and later for this card, but I don't know if that is >> a public release yet. > >According to a recent exchange with Harald Koenig of XFree86 S3 driver >fame, this updated driver, and other goodies will not be available for >FreeBSD until they release 3.1.2 sometime in the next month or two. The expected release date for 3.1.2 is in a few weeks. David
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