Linux-Hardware Digest #428, Volume #12 Wed, 8 Mar 00 08:13:08 EST
Contents:
Re: Hot Swapping a floppy drive? (Rolf Magnus)
Cards with flashrom
Re: 3-button serial mouse (Jim Howes)
(1)Xvidtune, (2) connecting a fix freq monitor ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: best graphics card? (Dan Law)
Re: 4 Celeron motherboard? (Rolf Magnus)
Re: 3-button serial mouse ("Tim Radcliffe")
Please help!Video or Monitor incompatibilty problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: PIII vs PIII E - which is faster? ("Sebastian Kaliszewski")
Please help!Video or Monitor incompatibilty problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: VIA vs Intel chipsets - which is better? ("Sebastian Kaliszewski")
Re: not sloooow, but sluggish linux modem (J.R. Lockwood)
Re: 4 Celeron motherboard? (Lee Sau Dan ~{@nJX6X~})
Re: Smart&Friendly CD pocket RW (Andrew M)
Re: ati rage 128 pro (Terry Kovacs)
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From: Rolf Magnus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hot Swapping a floppy drive?
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 11:16:00 +0100
Reply-To: "Rolf Magnus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Curtis wrote...
>I was wondering if RH (or any typical release of Linux like Turbo Linux,
>SuSE, Mandrake, etc...) would throw a fit if I were to just unplug the
>floppy's power and data cable?
I don't know how linux reacts, but the hardware itself (The controller, the
drive or even more of the PC) could be damaged by doing this because the
floopy interface is not made hot swapable. After all, why do you want to
remove the drive while the system is running?
Rolf Magnus
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Cards with flashrom
Date: 8 Mar 2000 10:21:55 GMT
I need a card with flashrom to boot computer (but not network adapter).
PCI or ISA. Is anybody make it? Please, help me.
My address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
d0miniq
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From: Jim Howes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: 3-button serial mouse
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 09:23:19 +0000
Piercarlo Grandi wrote:
>
> >>> On Fri, 03 Mar 2000 11:21:53 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex
> >>> Butcher) said:
>
> news0200> [ ... ] Some mice are dual mode (usually Microsoft and
> news0200> MouseSystems) and default to 2-button Microsoft mode UNLESS a
> news0200> mouse button is held during power-up. [ ... ]
>
> If one has such a mouse the best option by far is to just buy another
> mouse; I especially recommend those that have a little switch on the
> bottom (or wherever) to switch them between MS compatible
What a lot of people seem to have missed is that the Microsoft protocol
actually supports three buttons, but a lot of mice, even some of the
more expensive ones, do not report that the third button has been
pressed when operating in microsoft mode. I suppose that this is
a bug. Even our 99p (switchless) mice support three buttons
in this way.
For the mice that do implement the full microsoft protocol, putting
'Buttons 3' where you would normally put 'Emulate3Buttons' (I.e. in
the "Pointer" section of your XF86Config) is usually sufficient.
Jim
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video
Subject: (1)Xvidtune, (2) connecting a fix freq monitor
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 10:44:48 GMT
Dear all,
(1) Xvidtune
Has anyone has some experience to share about Xvidtune. I am new wit
this and would like to hear some thing before I use this.
(2) Connecting a Fix Freq Monitor
I have inherited fix frequency monitor (a HP 98785A: inside marked as a
Sony M41JSD15X) and hope to use it in my linux box. The HP 98785A has 5
BNC-plugs (red, green, blue and vsync/hsync).
Sorry for boring you guys at comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video about
LINUX this is somewhat related ...
After reading some sites(see list below) about fix frequency (and some
Sync on Green) monitors. I am seriously considering to pick up some
cables, connectors and a soldering iron to make a set of BNC cable to
plug into the VGA (Dsub15graphics) connector of my graphic card. The
card is a Creative Blaster Extreme (AGP), PERMEDIA 2 with 4MB.
Q Can anyone help/advise before I start? (Short of buying an expensive
graphic card, do I really have to do this?)
Q Further to this is it correct that in Xconfigurator I should select..
"Non-Interlaced SVGA, 1024x768 @ 60 Hz, 800x600 @ 72 Hz" ? I am not all
certain if the HP98785A is a non-interlace monitor.
Q (BTW, what is a clockchip asked by Xconfigurator? Is this related in
anyway to the motherboard? (What I have is a Elitegroup
(www.ecs.com.tw) model P6BXT-A+.)
Q Can someone tell me what are te possible causes when, within the
server pressing Ctrl, Alt and '+' simultaneously to cycle video
resolutions do not work in my box?
P/S I am hoping that the image will eventually fill up the screen to
within 5 mm or so from the sides/edges. :-)
Thanks in advance,
any help would be greately appreciated.
:-)
cherrio...
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I am using RH5.2 and have loaded ...
XFree86-100dpi-fonts-3.3.3.1-1.1.i386.rpm
XFree86-3DLabs-3_3_3_1-1_1_i386.rpm
XFree86-8514-3_3_3_1-1_1_i386.rpm
XFree86-SVGA-3_3_3_1-1_1_i386.rpm
The HP 98785A is described as 16" 1024 X 768 60Hz RGB BNC
No 60 Hz 1024 video on the
"HP-UX Workstation HCL (Hardware Compatibility List) PA-RISC"
ftp://contrib:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/supguides/workstations/...
h980723.pdf
(You may have to register first with HP maintainence support at ITRC
http://us-support3.external.hp.com at their loginUserMaintenanceHome)
NOTE: From Griffin Technology Monitors Database
http://www.Nashville.Net/~griffin/monitors/Hewle06.html
The hfreq is listed as 47.7kHz and it described as a 832 X 624 X 75 Hz
monitor. I am confused so I will stick to the HP doc.
Some SVGA & fixed frequency RGB monitors sites I have read
How to connect a fixed frequency monitor to a PC running Linux
by Bernhard H. Buckel
http://wmad95.mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~buckel/projects/schalt.html
Converting Apollo Monitors
http://cvs.anu.edu.au/monitorconversion/apollo.html
VGA to Analog RGB from Notes on Video Conversion Ver 1.79
http://plop.phys.cwru.edu/repairfaq/sam/vidconv.htm#nvcvgta
Notes on Video Conversion Ver 1.77 (outdated mirror?)
http://www.pacwest.net/byron13/sam/vidconv.htm
Approaches to Using Fixed Frequency or Non-Standard Monitors
on PCs Ver 1.59
http://plop.phys.cwru.edu/repairfaq/sam/ffmon.htm
And Many Others like these...
Building a 5 BNC cable
http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_monfaqg.html#MONFAQG_008
older doc Ver: 1.48 Approaches to Using Fixed Frequency
or Non-Standard Monitorson PCs
http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_ffmon.html
http://www.si87.com/faqdoc.html
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~wharmon/hardware_p3.html
http://www.riverside.quik.com/ming/
http://www.mirage-mmc.com/database/searchresult/48-55.html
http://www.riverside.quik.com/ming/cable.htm
http://www.devo.com/video/
http://www.devo.com/video/manufacturers.html
http://www.devo.com/video/misc.html
http://www.nashville.net/~griffin/monitor.html
http://www.Nashville.Net/~griffin/monitors/Hewle06.html
http://www.ff-net.demon.nl/hitachi/index.html
http://www.hut.fi/Misc/Electronics/circuits/vga2rgbs.html
http://www.hut.fi/Misc/Electronics/circuits/power_from_pc.html
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From: Dan Law <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: best graphics card?
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 11:17:34 +0000
lostin_space wrote:
> Dan Law wrote:
> >
> > Can anyone recommend a graphics card supported by Linux (well, XFree86)
> > that would have a high quality mpeg decoder that can be used in DVD
> > playback on a pc monitor?
> < snip >
>
> Try Linux Hardware Database http://lhd.datapower.com
That looks like a very helpful site. Thanks for the recommendation!
-Dan
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From: Rolf Magnus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 4 Celeron motherboard?
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 12:55:50 +0100
Reply-To: "Rolf Magnus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
David C. schrieb in Nachricht ...
>> Perhaps a 4xXeon or something. But I don't exactly know if the
>> P-III-Xeons also support more than 2 CPUs.
>
>The Xeon supports up to 8 CPUs, if the motherboard has support for it.
Well, but AFAIK, the P-III-Xeon (not the original P-II-Xeon) does only
support 2 CPUs.
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lachen die anderen ihn dann aus?
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From: "Tim Radcliffe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: 3-button serial mouse
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 12:03:49 -0000
I have just stumbled into this group, so forgive me if this has been covered
before (I can't see the start of this thread).
I have a Microsoft Intellieye Explorer, plugged into the PS/2 port, and I
can get it working fine as a 2 button generic microsoft mouse. However, in
this state, I can't get the wheel/button to work. I have tried several of
the other drivers that came with my Linux Distrib (SuSE 6.3) such as
Intellimouse and Intelli/PS/2, and also the generic PS/2 mouse driver, but
in every case, the mouse goes haywire. I hate having to use the
Emulate3buttons mode, so any suggestions gratefully received.
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"Jim Howes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Piercarlo Grandi wrote:
> >
> > >>> On Fri, 03 Mar 2000 11:21:53 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex
> > >>> Butcher) said:
> >
> > news0200> [ ... ] Some mice are dual mode (usually Microsoft and
> > news0200> MouseSystems) and default to 2-button Microsoft mode UNLESS a
> > news0200> mouse button is held during power-up. [ ... ]
> >
> > If one has such a mouse the best option by far is to just buy another
> > mouse; I especially recommend those that have a little switch on the
> > bottom (or wherever) to switch them between MS compatible
>
> What a lot of people seem to have missed is that the Microsoft protocol
> actually supports three buttons, but a lot of mice, even some of the
> more expensive ones, do not report that the third button has been
> pressed when operating in microsoft mode. I suppose that this is
> a bug. Even our 99p (switchless) mice support three buttons
> in this way.
> For the mice that do implement the full microsoft protocol, putting
> 'Buttons 3' where you would normally put 'Emulate3Buttons' (I.e. in
> the "Pointer" section of your XF86Config) is usually sufficient.
>
> Jim
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Please help!Video or Monitor incompatibilty problem
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 12:21:28 GMT
I am brand new to Linux, running Redhat LInux 5.2, and although I have
a bit of experience with Windows, I am at a loss with Linux.
The problem happens when I try to run a program called "x windows" my
monitor will not display the gui correctly, it is real fuzzy, with
lines on the screen. The only other time I have seen this was when I
incorrectly set the resolution of my monitor to a higher resolution
that what it could handle. This is not the case here.
I did a workstation class installation, and I know that my problem is
either I entered the wrong number monitor, or, when it tried to auto
setup my video card, it could not find it, and prompted me to skip
that step.
My question is this: do I have run a full installation again in order
to correct the setting, or is there a shortcut of some kind I can use?
I have checked the manual, and it is confusing at best.
By the way, I have no probem with it when it is in linux in the dos
mode.
Thanks. Marc
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From: "Sebastian Kaliszewski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems
Subject: Re: PIII vs PIII E - which is faster?
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 12:26:18 GMT
Jim Cochrane wrote in message <8a4lgp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
[snip]
>Does anyone have any informed opinions or, better yet, hard facts
>supporting either side of the issue? Or is the issue more complex and
>are both sides right on some aspects and wrong on others? I find this very
>confusing, but I also find it fascinating - that the details are so
>complicated that not even "experts" are able to discern them accurately.
I wouldn't call the first merchant an expert, but rather an someone who
either completely doesn't know, what he sells - which is bad or someone who
intentionally tries to confuse buyer - that's even worse. So, first of all,
don't buy in the first shop, even if their price is better.
Now back to issue... There are two versions of PIII core: older called
'Katmai' and newer called 'Coppermine'. While Katmai works with
half-cores-speed 64bit 512KB L2 cache (Level 2 cache - tehere is also Level
1 - deep in core, and in both cases it's virtually identical) while
Coppermine has half-speed but 256bit wide 256KB of very low latency cache (4
times lower latency than with Katmai version, and lower latency means faster
access, faster acess means better perofrmance). All in all Coppermine is in
most cases 10-15% faster than Katmai when both are running at the same clock
speed (say 600MHz). Now the 'E' mark is only added when there are both
versions running at the same speed, so there is PIII 500 and PIII 500E, PIII
550 and PIII 550E, PIII 600, PIII 600B (B means 133MHz bus, but is added
only if 100MHz version is present at the same clock speed, if there is only
133MHz version at particluar speed then no B is added, like in PIII 667,
which has 133MHz bus), PIII 600E and PIII 600EB. But there are PIII 650,
PIII 667, PIII 700, PIII 733, PIII 750, PIII 800 and PIII 800B which are all
Coppermine versions. Generally speaking: all PIIIs above and including 650
are Coppermines and so are PIII 500E, PIII 550E, PIII 600E and PIII 600EB.
You could also look at cache size (if it's displayed in the shop's
catalogue) - All Coppermines have 256KB of L2 while all Katmais have 512KB
of L2 (No counting PIII Xeon's here, but those are very expensive server
chips and are often equipped with even bigger cache).
Regards
Sebastian Kaliszewski
--
"Never underestimate the power of human stupidity" - from Notebooks of L.L.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Please help!Video or Monitor incompatibilty problem
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 12:23:53 GMT
I am brand new to Linux, running Redhat LInux 5.2, and although I have
a bit of experience with Windows, I am at a loss with Linux.
The problem happens when I try to run a program called "x windows" my
monitor will not display the gui correctly, it is real fuzzy, with
lines on the screen. The only other time I have seen this was when I
incorrectly set the resolution of my monitor to a higher resolution
that what it could handle. This is not the case here.
I did a workstation class installation, and I know that my problem is
either I entered the wrong number monitor, or, when it tried to auto
setup my video card, it could not find it, and prompted me to skip
that step.
My question is this: do I have run a full installation again in order
to correct the setting, or is there a shortcut of some kind I can use?
I have checked the manual, and it is confusing at best.
By the way, I have no probem with it when it is in linux in the dos
mode.
Thanks. Marc
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From: "Sebastian Kaliszewski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems
Subject: Re: VIA vs Intel chipsets - which is better?
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 12:27:09 GMT
Dean_Kent wrote in message <#41yLVMi$GA.96@cpmsnbbsa02>...
[snip]
>The Coppermine processors have a 256K full speed L2 cache that is 'wider'
>than the Klamath processors 512K 1/2 speed cache. It has a higher initial
>latency, but better overall throughput. Net result is that the Cu
>processors are faster. FSB is the same (memory to CPU), it is the cache
>speed that is different (BSB).
Err, small correction. Coppermine has half speed cache as well (look at the
burst scheme: X-0-2-0), but with 256bit bus and has much lower (not higher)
latency (about factor of 4, Cumine L2 latency is ~8 cycles, while Katmai L2
latency is over 20 cycles).
Regards
Sebastian Kaliszewski
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"Never underestimate the power of human stupidity" - from Notebooks of L.L.
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From: J.R. Lockwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: not sloooow, but sluggish linux modem
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 12:30:05 GMT
I thought it was time for a bit of a rejoinder. I can't thank you enough
for all of your suggestions...despite the fact that I haven't found the
trick yet, I've learned a great deal about modems, linux, serial ports, and
computers in general. You folks are quite clever and equally (if not more)
generous. I had another thought that might be worth considering...I use
kppp, and in the section where I can pass switches to pppd, the only thing
I have in there is "--detach" as this was what I found in the instructions
I used to configure kppp. It seems to me that there are a wealth of other
options I could (should?) be passing to pppd. In particular I was thinking
of some sort of compression. However, the file I keep transfering to
assess my throughput is a .tar.gz and so compression shouldn't help,
right? In any case, I thought I should mention the optional arguments to
pppd in the hopes of spurring some additional suggestions.
Also, I thought it would be helpful to gather some of the diagnostic
information from my machine and put it all in one place. It is at the
bottom of this message. Thanks again.
All the best,
J.R.
================================================================
Machine: HP Pavilion w/ Intel Celeron 433 MHz
OS: Red Hat Linux 6.1
pppd interface: kppp
Modem: 3Com U.S. Robotics 56K External Fax/Modem
Flow control: CRTSCTS
Line Termination: CR/LR
Connection Speed: 115200
(NOTE: If I switch this down to 57,600 or even 38,400, my download speeds
are the same (?))
Results of "setserial -a /dev/modem"
/dev/modem, Line 0, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4
Baud_base: 115200, close_delay: 50, divisor: 0
closing_wait: 3000, closing_wait2: infinte
Flags: spd_vhi skip_test
Selected results from "/sbin/ifconfig"
ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:128.2.60.17 P-t-P:128.2.13.10 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:345 errors:12 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:12
TX packets:181 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:10
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lee Sau Dan ~{@nJX6X~})
Subject: Re: 4 Celeron motherboard?
Date: 08 Mar 2000 20:26:55 +0800
>>>>> "Atle" == Atle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Atle> Once
Atle> some standard is laid down for how CPUs are to communicate
Atle> over a bus, be it PCI or any other (VLB could have done
Atle> quite nicely for me), the simplest (and really - the
Atle> cheapest) solution should be to plug in a new processor,
Atle> possibly recompile, and GO!
Standard for CPU-to-CPU communications are there. MPS (Intel's
specification to support SMP) is one of them based on a
shared-memory-space model. This is what SMP Linux exploits. This
high degree of sharing means little separation and hence one processor
may disturb the code being run by another.
Others standards based on the share-nothing (except network) model are
Ethernet, FastEthernet, GigabitEthernet, ATM, or even SLIP and PPP.
They allow different machines to communicate via a suitable hardward
interface.
So, do we need to invent yet-another-standard for what you want?
>> want. You should find a DISTRIBUTED operating system, such as
>> Sprite, Amoeba and Mach. I'm not sure if these distributed OS
>> are still in research stage or has become productive.
Atle> I know the GNU kernel that Richard Stallman is (was?)
Atle> working on was supposed to be 'based on' Mach.
Yeah. However, the interest of mode people are drawn towards a
GNU/Linux system. The fully GNU system, based on the GNU Hurd kernel,
doesn't receive much attention.
Atle> Linux is the
Atle> greatest hack of all times (arguably) but wasn't intended to
Atle> be the 'perfect example' of an OS. It just exploded, and now
Atle> we're more or less stuck with it.
Not necessarily. GNU hurd is, according to a talk given by RMS,
flexible enough to run "Unix emulating daemons" to mimic UNIX
functionalities. So, switching to it from other Unices would be a
zillion times easier than switching from Windows or DOS to Linux.
Atle> It is unbreakable
Atle> (compared to the braindead OSes for PC's that you generally
Atle> see pre-installed) - so people will be reluctant to change.
A smooth migration path plus some "new" killer capabilities would
accelerate the switch. The former should be available. I myself
still haven't tried HURD, however, because I'm already satisfied with
Linux.
Atle> So - what I am
Atle> _ULTIMATELY_ looking for, is a more-than-2-CPU-motherboard
Atle> that is cheap enough to be a development system for
Atle> GNU-stuff - all you get is gratitude ...
Why do you need that many CPU's? My PC at home is a Dual Celeron
system running Linux kernel 2.2.13. It's performance is very very
good, much more than I normally need.
>> Why should they do that?
Atle> For pure $-related reasons: Plug in a new processor and
Atle> double your BogoMIPS ....
SMP systems already delivers this option.
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From: Andrew M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Smart&Friendly CD pocket RW
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 12:40:50 GMT
In article <880tur$2k1$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Andrew M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I am looking to buy an external CDRW that will work flawlessly with
my
> > new Winbook XL2 Laptop running Redhat Linux 6.1 (MDKE 6.5). I have
> > found this cute little Smart&Friendly CD pocket RW and was wondering
> if
> > anyone had an idea as to whether it worked or not.
> >
>
> Good question...
>
> This product appears to have a lot in common with the Freecom
Traveller
> Premium marketed in Uk and Europe (http://www.freecom.de/titel.html).
>
> I was impressed by the package and bought one (Freecom) direct from
> their UK operation. I spent a long time trying to get it up and
running
> and gave up in the end. This is partly my problem (I think) because I
> subsequently had similar problems running Iomaga Ditto backup
software.
> But nonethelss the one time I got the laptop to find the CDRW it would
> not read files properly from pressed or recorded CD's.
>
> Freecom were pretty good about giving me a refund - they said the
device
> was working perfectly but did refund after a bit of persuasion.
>
> I am considering trying again but am very wary of CDRW at present. If
> someone could give me a good report on Freecom/Pocket RW I would have
> another go.
>
> I see the Smart and Friendly website offers the Pocket RW as
> "reconditioned" at $399 is this a scam to keep faith with their
> resellers? or are they really recon?
>
> I was running under W95 but word from the UK tech guys was that the
> PCMCIA unit would work under Linux there is an interface available
> (name escapes me). I run SuSE 6.3 but as I could not get W95
> functionality I didn't go for Linux (life too short!).
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
>
I have since discovered my Win95 setup was crooked and having
reinstalled W95 I now have a Freecom Traveller Premium that seems a very
neat and useful bit of kit.
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Before you buy.
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From: Terry Kovacs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.windows.x.i386unix
Subject: Re: ati rage 128 pro
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 07:52:53 -0500
The response to my inquiry to ATI:
> Thank you for contacting ATI Technical Support Canada.
>
> With regard to the difference between the Rage 128 Pro and Rage 128:
>
> There is a significant difference between the two, the Rage 128 Pro being
> newer, and may not be as widely supported across all operating systems as of
> yet. ATI has made every attempt to provide 2D support for all shipping
> products and will continue to support XFree86 developers with their work.
> Most ATI graphics adapters are currently supported under XFree86. For new
> products it normally takes at least 12 weeks from retail product shipment
> for driver support to be become publicly available.
>
> Information regarding LINUX and XFree86 is available on the following pages,
> on our corporate web site:
>
> Linux/XFree86 Developments and FAQ (ATI Developer Relations)
> (http://www.ati.com/na/pages/resource_centre/dev_rel/linux.html)
>
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