From: hankd@dynamo.ecn.purdue.edu (Hank Dietz) Subject: DG62x5 chip set? FAX? DAT audio? Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1993 23:21:59 GMT
I got my first Linux machine 2 years ago; it had 386SX-16, 2M (well,
1.6M), 42M disk and was a serious pain to get working under Linux.
Consequently, I got my new one fully loaded. It is:
Sager 8200, 486DX2-66, 16M, 340M disk, 10" active color
I also got the docking station for it:
2 VESA slots, 2 ISA slots, SCSI 1 controller
Here are my questions:
1. Linux and X run really well, but not in color. The VGA chip
set is not recognized by X. It is a DG62x5. Does anybody out
there have a Linux X driver for this chip set?
2. I have ordered a PCMCIA 14.4K FAX/modem. Is there any Linux
software that understands sending/receiving FAXes? What I
would want to send is mostly stuff done with groff.
3. I want to get some additional goodies for the docking station:
a) A good CD ROM drive
b) A good audio I/O board
c) A good backup tape drive
What does Linux understand? I have an audio DAT recorder; can
any of the audio boards talk in 16-bit 48K (or 44.1K) digital
audio data streams? Also, if I got a DAT drive for backup,
could that also write audio DATs? Is there any Linux software
for any of this stuff...?
Thanks.
-hankd