On Sun, 2003-08-03 at 07:51, Jeroen Roovers wrote:
> So the problem isn't initialising the chips without the firmware, but
> what to initialise them to.
Indeed, and only the firmware knows that in general, hence it kinda is a
problem without. :)
> The information with which to initialise a car
On Sun, Aug 03, 2003 at 07:51:42AM +0200, Jeroen Roovers wrote:
> On 3 Aug 2003 at 3:54, Michel Dänzer wrote:
>
> > Apparently, PC 3Dfx or Matrox cards might work, but possibly not out of
> > the box either, so why not save the hassle and simply get a Mac version?
> > :) (I understand some cards c
On Sun, Aug 03, 2003 at 03:21:41AM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> On Sat, 2003-08-02 at 20:40, Jeroen Roovers wrote:
> >
> > If you keep using the original graphics device alongside the new add-on
> > card or instead of it, this won't be a problem: Linux will recognise
> > the card by its PCI ven
On 3 Aug 2003 at 3:54, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> Apparently, PC 3Dfx or Matrox cards might work, but possibly not out of
> the box either, so why not save the hassle and simply get a Mac version?
> :) (I understand some cards can also be reflashed, but you probably need
> a proprietary OS for that, a
On Sat, 2003-08-02 at 19:54, Simon Vallet wrote:
> On 02 Aug 2003 16:11:52 +0200
> Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Not hardware per se, but the firmware is a problem. IIRC only the tdfx
> > driver(s) can initialize a card from the ground up, for others you
> > should pick a 'Mac' card.
On Sat, 2003-08-02 at 20:40, Jeroen Roovers wrote:
>
> If you keep using the original graphics device alongside the new add-on
> card or instead of it, this won't be a problem: Linux will recognise
> the card by its PCI vendor:device string, so you can still bring up X.
No, as I said, this _won
On Sat, 2003-08-02 at 18:11, Ole-Egil Hvitmyren wrote:
> Michel Dänzer wrote:
>
> >On Sat, 2003-08-02 at 13:38, Simon Vallet wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I consider purchasing a graphic card for my beige G3. Is it possible
> >>to simply pick a "PC" card, or are there any hardware incompatibilities
> >>w
On 2 Aug 2003 at 19:54, Simon Vallet wrote:
> On 02 Aug 2003 16:11:52 +0200
> Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Not hardware per se, but the firmware is a problem. IIRC only the tdfx
> > driver(s) can initialize a card from the ground up, for others you
> > should pick a 'Mac' card. Do
On 02 Aug 2003 16:11:52 +0200
Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Not hardware per se, but the firmware is a problem. IIRC only the tdfx
> driver(s) can initialize a card from the ground up, for others you
> should pick a 'Mac' card. Do you have any particular card(s) in mind?
I was thinkin
Michel Dänzer wrote:
On Sat, 2003-08-02 at 13:38, Simon Vallet wrote:
I consider purchasing a graphic card for my beige G3. Is it possible
to simply pick a "PC" card, or are there any hardware incompatibilities
which would prevent it from working ?
Not hardware per se, but the firmwa
On Sat, 2003-08-02 at 13:38, Simon Vallet wrote:
>
> I consider purchasing a graphic card for my beige G3. Is it possible
> to simply pick a "PC" card, or are there any hardware incompatibilities
> which would prevent it from working ?
Not hardware per se, but the firmware is a problem. IIRC on
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