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Subject: Re: [aclug-L] S3 blues
From: phrostie <phrostie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 09:16:56 -0500
Reply-to: aclug-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
ouch,

i'm still in the 50 dollar market.
especially after everything i just spent on this box

Jeffrey L. Hansen wrote:

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
>
>

-- 
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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