Re: [Fwd: DECpc]


Subject: Re: [Fwd: DECpc]
From: Alfred Arnold (alfred@ccac.rwth-aachen.de)
Date: Mon Aug 30 1999 - 12:29:45 PDT


>Err ... it works in textmode, yes. But AFAIK there is no XFree86 driver
>for
>it. The best way to go with X11 on the DECpc150 (aka Jensen) is to buy an
>Elsa Winner 1000 ISA/EISA (a twin card with both, ISA _and_ EISA). This
>cards works perfectly well but only up to firmware V1.7, not later!

...and sadly to add, its larger sister, the Winner 2000 ISA/EISA doesn't
work that well. Textmode is OK, but anything more than standard VGA
resolution doesn't work. The clockchip and DAC are detected correctly, so
it can't be too difficult to fix...

Alfred Arnold

(a frustrated ELSA employee ;-)

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