From: apl@doc.ic.ac.uk (Ari P Laakkonen) Subject: Re: S3 Xserver 0.0 release Date: 22 Oct 1992 15:05:03 GMT
In article <BwIECK.FM5@news.iastate.edu>, mhbrekke@iastate.edu (Monty H.
Brekke) writes:
|> In article <1992Oct20.120704.15124@lucrece.robots.ox.ac.uk>
jon@robots.ox.ac.uk (Jon Tombs) writes:
|> >
|> >After the brief pre-alpha release, I have now put together version 0.0 of
|> >the S3 Xserver. This release features no longer has any graphics bugs that
|> >I have been able to detect, but performance is still pretty low.
|> >
|> >The server is available with source from ftp.robots.ox.ac.uk in the
directory
|> >/pub/linux/S3, I have created a mailing list for the server development,
|> >mail me to join in.
|> >
|>
|> What video boards does this server run on? I have a Diamond Stealth, which
|> will most likely not work, but I am willing to change to a new S3 board.
|> I am looking at the Orchid Farenheit 1280. Has anyone been able to run
|> X on this board? Thanks in advance.
|>
On my system, a 486-50 with the Orchid Fahrenheit 1280D this server runs
fine.. I expect the 1280 is just like the 1280D (local bus version of
the card).
Ari