From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) id g1GCHDb27315 for linux-mips-outgoing; Sat, 16 Feb 2002 04:17:13 -0800 Received: from ull.minus-9.com (IDENT:postfix@ull.minus-9.com [195.26.34.2]) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) with SMTP id g1GCH9927312 for ; Sat, 16 Feb 2002 04:17:09 -0800 Received: by ull.minus-9.com (Postfix, from userid 500) id DE43336C922; Sat, 16 Feb 2002 11:20:58 +0000 (GMT) Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 11:20:58 +0000 From: Mat Withers To: Timothy Daly Cc: linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: indigo2 video Message-ID: <20020216112058.C8787@minus-9.com> References: <20020216105239.5160.qmail@web10208.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20020216105239.5160.qmail@web10208.mail.yahoo.com>; from remote_bob@yahoo.com on Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 02:52:39 -0800 Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Timothy Daly (remote_bob@yahoo.com) wrote: > > Hi all. :) > > AFAIK, none of the SGI graphics cards for the indigo2 are yet > supported by linux or X. However, it recently struck me, these > machines have EISA slots. It might be pretty straightforward to use > an old EISA card like an ATI Mach32 instead. Sure, it's not as cool > as an Impact card, but it's perfectly adequate for emacs. > > Is this a good idea? How would you estimate the effort involved? > I was also wondering this. On the intel architecture EISA slots also supported ISA cards. Is this also the case on the Indigo 2 ? or are the EISA slots a bit more "non-standard". Just a thought Mat -- Mat Withers mat@minus-9.com http://minus-9.com phone/fax: +44 7092 375299 "a sarcasm detector, *that's* a real useful invention."