[suse-axp] Graphic card for AS200 (PCI, ARC-Bios)

From: Joerg Bruehe (joerg@sql.de)
Date: Thu Jul 12 2001 - 04:22:28 PDT

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Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 13:22:28 +0200
From: Joerg Bruehe <joerg@sql.de>
Subject: [suse-axp] Graphic card for AS200 (PCI, ARC-Bios)

    Dear Alpha-Linux users,

    I have one of the "standard" questions which I could not solve
    by checking the Web sites (SuSE hardware list, API):

      Which (currently available) graphic cards are supported?

      (environment: AS 200 4/166 "Avanti", using ARC-bios and Milo,
      currently running SuSE 7.0 with XFree 3.3.6)

    (If necessary, I can upgrade the software, but I prefer to stay
    in the SuSE line.)

    Until now I used a 17" monitor (1024*768) with the original
    TGA 21030 card.

       Question aside: Any way to determine its RAM size?
       (The boot messages do not list that info.)

    I now want to upgrade to a 19" monitor (1280*1024 or 1600*1200)
    and will need a better card (2 - 8 MB RAM).
    The main problem is of course that most current offerings, even of
    supported chip sets, are for AGP slots, which the machine does not
    provide.

    I read that Matrox Millennium I is heavily recommended,
    but this seems impossible to get by now.
     
       I found an offer for a Matrox Millennium G200
       (250 MHz, 8 MB, PCI version) - any comments?

       Any hints for other sources / other cards?

    Second-hand is no good alternative, because this is a company
    machine; German sources are preferred by our bookkeepers.

    Regards and TIA,
    Joerg Bruehe 

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Joerg Bruehe, SQL Datenbanksysteme GmbH, Berlin, Germany
     (speaking only for himself)
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