On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, Praveen Srinivasan wrote:
> A Matrox G200 PCI is also good, although it runs for around $120. This may be a
> stupid question, but why doesn't big Q update or rewrite the x86 BIOS emulator for
> newer motherboards? Is this totally impossible, or is it just really difficult and
> expensive?
Well, in this case it's really not up to the Q, after all the UX is not
their board. It was designed by Dekstation who has long abandoned it.
As for the BIOS emulator in Compaq machines? Only they can answer that
one. At a guess, because all the hardware that Tru64 needs already
works....
--rdp
>
> Praveen Srinivasan
>
> Maurice Hilarius wrote:
>
> > With regards to your message at 01:31 PM 2/22/00 -0500, Rich Payne. Where
> > you stated:
> >
> > >You could also try one of the Permedia II card, they seem to work well in
> > >Alphas. In know that 3DLabs are still selling a PCI oxygen ACX card.
> > >Anybody tried one of these in a UX?
> > >
> > >--rdp
> > The Elsa Gloria Synergy 8MB PCI work dandy. This is the same Permedia2 chipset.
> > It is also UNIX compatible..
> >
> > These are selling for under $75.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Maurice W. Hilarius Telephone: 01-780-456-9771
> > Hard Data Ltd. FAX: 01-780-456-9772
> > 11060 - 166 Avenue mailto:maurice@harddata.com
> > Edmonton, AB, Canada http://www.harddata.com/
> > T5X 1Y3
> >
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