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- From: ed@maxed.amg.com (Ed Whittemore)
- Subject: Re: I need 8514/ATI Graphics Ultra support for ISC UNIX SVR3.2 & X11R4
- Message-ID: <Bxrn6p.DrJ@maxed.amg.com>
- Organization: American Micro Group, Ft. Lee NJ
- References: <1992Nov13.160631.4252@bnlux1.bnl.gov>
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- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 16:30:24 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov13.160631.4252@bnlux1.bnl.gov> scott@gorzarg5.phy.bnl.gov (david scott coburn) writes:
- >
- >I am running SunSoft's Interactive UNIX SVR3.2 V3.0 with their
- >X11R4 V2.0. I am having trouble get more than 800x600x16 resolution
- >from the supplied Xgp video driver. When I configure for the IBM
- >8514 card at 1024x768x256 resolution (at _43Hz_ refresh, gag), the
- >screen looks _horrible_. I have a NEC 5FG monitor and an ATI Graphics
- >Ultra video board.
- >
- >Does anybody out there know if SunSoft supports or will support
- >the ATI Graphics Ultra video board with this Xgp driver?
- >
- >Would it be possible to get a driver from somewhere else? Like, say,
- >the X386 stuff? I could use any old driver for 8514 boards, if it
- >supports the resolution I want (and SVR3.2, X11R4, etc., of course...).
- >Yes? No?
- >
- >Does anybody have the phone # for ATI? I tried SunSoft. They seemed
- >particularly un-informed...
- >
- >Thanks,
- >
- >Scott
- >
- >scott coburn brookhaven national laboratory
- >scott@gorzarg5.phy.bnl.gov [130.199.20.28] upton, ny, usa
- > .....q.. ...q.... ......q. q....... .......q .q...... ....q... ..q......
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- You can use the Graphics Ultra at 72 Hz with the Xgp driver with 3.0.
- And you can do so at 1024X768, too.
-
- When you run xconfig the submenu choice is for ATI not IBM. Better still
- if you upgrade to 3.01 you get the SVPMI Xgp driver which is even more
- specific.
-
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- Ed Whittemore uunet!maxed!ed ed@maxed.amg.com
- American Micro Group, Inc. 201-944-3293
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