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Date:      Wed, 23 Aug 1995 18:57:26 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
To:        hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Why Linux? (fwd)
Message-ID:  <199508231657.SAA18128@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.89.9508230956.A3404-0100000@uclink.berkeley.edu> from "David Michael Holloway" at Aug 23, 95 09:37:25 am

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As David Michael Holloway wrote:
> 
> I am just checking but, so correct me if I am wrong,
> but aren't Diamond Stealth cards mostly incompatible
> with XFree86? because I saw an add in Computer Currents
> about a Linux system, that came with a Diamond Stealth.

Only the old Diamonds.  The newer (S3-based) are occasionally
supported, depending on the chipset, RAMDAC and clockchip.  Diamond
has the habit of totally revamping the hardware base of their boards
without bothering to change the name...

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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