From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 12 15:33:33 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA20120 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 12 Nov 1997 15:33:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from mail.telstra.com.au (mail.telstra.com.au [192.148.160.16]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA20106 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 1997 15:33:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tdwyer@io.telstra.com.au) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by mail.telstra.com.au (8.8.2/8.6.9) id KAA03658; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 10:32:52 +1100 (EST) Received: from mail-gw.fwall.telstra.com.au(192.148.147.16) via SMTP by mail.telstra.com.au, id smtpd003366; Thu Nov 13 10:31:59 1997 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by mail-gw.fwall.telstra.com.au (8.8.2/8.6.9) id KAA13151; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 10:31:54 +1100 (EST) Received: from cdn-mail.dn.itg.telecom.com.au(144.135.109.134), claiming to be "cdn-mail.telecom.com.au" via SMTP by mail-gw.fwall.telstra.com.au, id smtpd012932; Thu Nov 13 10:31:08 1997 Received: from io.telecom.com.au (io.telecom.com.au [172.57.9.32]) by cdn-mail.telecom.com.au (8.8.2/8.6.9) with ESMTP id KAA07536; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 10:31:04 +1100 (EST) Received: (from tdwyer@localhost) by io.telecom.com.au (8.8.3/8.8.3) id HAA21224; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 07:31:15 +0800 (WST) Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 07:31:15 +0800 (WST) From: Terry Dwyer 61 8 9491 5161 To: Robin Huiser cc: FreeBSD Question List Subject: Re: Using 32k colours.... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi Robin, On Wed, 12 Nov 1997, Robin Huiser wrote: > > I am using a Diamond Stealth PCI 64 DRAM Trio64 Card with 2 Mb of memory. > Currently I am using the S3 server. > > Is it possible to get the following configuration? > > 1280x1024 32k colors > 1280x1024 64k colors > Just what I wanted to do! I got sick of Netscape stealing all the available colours and preventing RealAudio 3.0 from running. I ended up getting an ExpertColor S3 Virge with 4MB of RAM on board. As I'm BUS overclocking my ASUS motherboard to 83Mhz I was very pleased with the result. >From memory, I'm getting the following: 16bit (64K colours) at 1600x1200 virtual screen size 24bit (16.7 Million colours) at 1280x1024 That good enough? 8-) Cheap as well. $AU90.00 > Normally I use the 1280x1024 with 256 colors. > > Greets, > > Robin Huiser > > > _-_|\ Terry Dwyer E-Mail Work: tdwyer@io.telecom.com.au / \ System Administrator Private: tdwyer@omen.com.au *_.^\_/ Telstra Corporation Phone: +61 8 9491 5161 Fax: +61 8 9221 2631 v Perth Western Australia (I do not speak for Telstra or Telecom)