[K12OSN] Re: Making LTSP work with old Compaqs

[John Baillie]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Max Anikstein" <max989 at adelphia.net>
> Date:  Fri, 5 Mar 2004 01:40:06 -0800
> Subject: [K12OSN] Making LTSP work with old Compaqs
> 
> > We just received approximately 30 Compaq Deskpro 590 computers. After
> > some
> > messing with the boot disk, I got them to boot off the network but it
> > can’t
> > configure the X Server. Based on some Googling it appears that the
> > computers
> > have QVISION 1280/P Graphics chips. Is there anyway to get these
> > machines to
> > work? Is there another X Server we can use? Do we need to purchase
> > new video
> > cards?
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Thanks a lot,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Max Anikstein
> > 
> > max989 at adelphia.net


Hello Max,
Out first lab included 10 500 series Compaqs and a bunch of Gateway P5's

We purchased a bunch of 8 MB Jaton 107 pci cards and they worked great.
What a difference it makes going from 2 MB to 8 MB of video ram

They are still available at DealTime

http://hardwarecentral.dealtime.com/xPO-Jaton_Video_107


John