Roel> Can anybody out there give me any suggestions as to what PCI
Roel> video board to purchase for an Alpha running Linux? I'm going
Roel> to purchase an Alpha within the next 2 weeks, and I'd like a
Roel> good video board.
Don't know what your criteria for "good" is, but the current list of
PCI cards that are known to work with the current MILO BIOS emulator
is quite short and I appended it to this mail. However, I hope this
list will grow quickly, so don't use it as the sole decision factor.
In particular, if you don't mind using SRM instead of MILO, you should
be able to use pretty much any graphics PCI card. (The main drawbacks
of SRM is that it's huge (2MB) and not available in source.)
--david
bus card type: chip: BIOS version: Note:
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ISA #9 GXE Level 12 S3 928 #9GXE BIOS Version 1.13.03S 1
PCI #9 GXE 64 PCI S3 864 #9-864 BIOS Version 1.02.09u
PCI Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM PCI S3 864 BIOS Version 1.14 2
PCI Diamond Video 64 DRAM PCI S3 868 BIOS Version 1.02 2
Notes:
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#1: Requires selecting video mode 2 after initializing BIOS in
order to get clocks programmed correctly.
#2: Reported by pgwduane@mail.atnet.net.