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Subject: Re: [aclug-L] S3 blues
From: "Jeffrey L. Hansen" <jhansen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 20:11:57 -0500
Reply-to: aclug-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
They were about $125 when they were new, but should be substantially cheaper now. My guess would be around $80 or so, but I'm no retailer. Command Computer might have a used one. It was pretty popular. 

jeff2

At 09:02 AM 4/8/99 -0400, you wrote:




thank you, i guess i should have asked before i decided to get a card.

i'd be embarrassed to go back and exchange it again.

how much do they run (approx)

phrostie


Jeffrey L. Hansen wrote:


I like Matrox.  The Millennium and Millennium II should be fairly
inexpensive these days.  Maybe National has one of those and they work

like > a champ in Linux.


jeff2

At 08:30 AM 4/8/99 -0400, you wrote:

>i've been useing s3's since i started useing linux with never any
>trouble.
>when i started setting up my new machine i wanted a 4meg video card.
>
>i got a S3 trio 3D.    didn't work.
>i went back to national and exchanged it for a S3 Virge/DX.    it
>doesn't work as a S3, only SVGA.
>
>is there something i need to upgrade?
>is there a trick?
>do i need to go back to tweeking the H&V sync's by hand?
>
>do any of the new S3's work?
>
>the XFree's site said that the S3 family of chips was the most
>supported.
>
>what happened?
>
>i remember hearing about problems with the S3 Virge a long time ago.
>i thought that was fixed
>
>--
>phrostie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Oh I've slipped the surly bonds of dos
>and danced the skies on LINUX silvered wings.
>http://www.cottagesoft.com/~phrostie/cad-tastrafy/cad-tastrafy.html
>
>
>
>
>
><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
>i've been useing s3's since i started useing linux with never any

trouble. > >when i started setting up my new machine i wanted a 4meg video
card.

>
>i got a S3 trio 3D.    didn't work.
>i went back to national and exchanged it for a S3 Virge/DX.    it

doesn't

>work as a S3, only SVGA.
>
>is there something i need to upgrade?
>is there a trick?
>do i need to go back to tweeking the H&V sync's by hand?
>
>do any of the new S3's work?
>
>the XFree's site said that the S3 family of chips was the most

supported.

>
>what happened?
>
>i remember hearing about problems with the S3 Virge a long time ago.
>i thought that was fixed
>--
>phrostie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Oh I've slipped the surly bonds of dos
>and danced the skies on LINUX silvered wings.
>
>http://www.cottagesoft.com/~phrostie/cad-tastrafy/cad-tastrafy.html
>
>


--
phrostie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Oh I've slipped the surly bonds of dos
and danced the skies on LINUX silvered wings.
http://www.cottagesoft.com/~phrostie/cad-tastrafy/cad-tastrafy.html





<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
thank you, i guess i should have asked before i decided to get a card.

i'd be embarrassed to go back and exchange it again.

how much do they run (approx)

phrostie


Jeffrey L. Hansen wrote:

I like Matrox.  The Millennium and Millennium II should be fairly
inexpensive these days.  Maybe National has one of those and they work like
a champ in Linux.

jeff2

At 08:30 AM 4/8/99 -0400, you wrote:


i've been useing s3's since i started useing linux with never any
trouble.
when i started setting up my new machine i wanted a 4meg video card.

i got a S3 trio 3D.    didn't work.
i went back to national and exchanged it for a S3 Virge/DX.    it
doesn't work as a S3, only SVGA.

is there something i need to upgrade?
is there a trick?
do i need to go back to tweeking the H&V sync's by hand?

do any of the new S3's work?

the XFree's site said that the S3 family of chips was the most
supported.

what happened?

i remember hearing about problems with the S3 Virge a long time ago.
i thought that was fixed

--
phrostie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Oh I've slipped the surly bonds of dos
and danced the skies on LINUX silvered wings.
http://www.cottagesoft.com/~phrostie/cad-tastrafy/cad-tastrafy.html





<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
i've been useing s3's since i started useing linux with never any trouble.
when i started setting up my new machine i wanted a 4meg video card.

i got a S3 trio 3D.    didn't work.
i went back to national and exchanged it for a S3 Virge/DX.    it doesn't
work as a S3, only SVGA.

is there something i need to upgrade?
is there a trick?
do i need to go back to tweeking the H&V sync's by hand?

do any of the new S3's work?

the XFree's site said that the S3 family of chips was the most supported.

what happened?

i remember hearing about problems with the S3 Virge a long time ago.
i thought that was fixed
--
phrostie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Oh I've slipped the surly bonds of dos
and danced the skies on LINUX silvered wings.

http://www.cottagesoft.com/~phrostie/cad-tastrafy/cad-tastrafy.html




--
phrostie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Oh I've slipped the surly bonds of dos
and danced the skies on LINUX silvered wings.

http://www.cottagesoft.com/~phrostie/cad-tastrafy/cad-tastrafy.html
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