Another test iso image from AC1.0

Steven N. Hirsch shirsch at adelphia.net
Sat Apr 16 13:20:20 UTC 2005


On Fri, 15 Apr 2005, jon norstog wrote:

> 
> > To be fair, almost all distributions seem to have problems with the S3 
> > card.  Can anyone recommend a PCI video adapter which will cooperate with 
> > both Linux and Tru64 5.1B?
> > 
> > I'm looking forward to trying the release of AC1.0 - nice work folks!
> > 
> > Steve
> Dear Steve and list:
> 
> A good card for that (T64 5.1B only, not 5.1a or earlier!), and readily
> available is the Radeon 7500 PCI.  I've bought a couple on eBay, never
> paid over $40.  For better picture quality the 3Dlabs Oxygen VX1 is da
> bomb if you can find one.  
> 
> Otherwise, any Permedia 2 card .. there are tons of them out there, and
> they will also work with NT and Windows 2000 alpha.

What's confusing is that http://moon.hanya-n.org/ reports the Radeon 7500 
will not work on a UP2000+ (which is what I have).  I may have erred in 
referring to it as a DP264 (?)

I'm heading to a swap meet tomorrow and will keep my eyes open for a 3d 
Labs card.  

Steve




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