From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 13:40:10 -0500 From: jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com Subject: Video Card? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 51a8c25e-eac8-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 Message-ID: <19961116184010.oUrRaOlxI2hDl1dAj4pgKDjgMN8npLDVL3fS4Y4nclQ@z> I'm afraid we haven't been keeping up with the explosion in VGA cards. An alternative to the Hercules above is the Diamond Stealth64 Graphics 2001. This uses the same ARK2000 chip as the Hercules but has a nicer clock generator and RAMDAC. These cards should still be available. For a while they came in Micron Millenias but those now come with a higher performance card, the Stealth64 Video 3000. We have a couple of these cards and the programming information but haven't got round to doing the work. There is also the ATI Graphics Xpression using the Mach64 CT chip. This is a fine card in the same league as the ARK2000-based cards. --jim ------ forwarded message follows ------ >>From cse.psu.edu!owner-9fans Sun Nov 10 14:07:00 EST 1996 Received: from cse.psu.edu by plan9; Sun Nov 10 14:07:00 EST 1996 Received: from localhost (majordom@localhost) by cse.psu.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA16865; Sun, 10 Nov 1996 13:51:00 -0500 (EST) Received: by claven.cse.psu.edu (bulk_mailer v1.5); Sun, 10 Nov 1996 13:50:49 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by cse.psu.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA16837 for 9fans-outgoing; Sun, 10 Nov 1996 13:50:41 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: claven.cse.psu.edu: majordom set sender to owner-9fans using -f Received: from galapagos.cse.psu.edu (root@galapagos.cse.psu.edu [130.203.2.12]) by cse.psu.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA16833 for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Sun, 10 Nov 1996 13:50:36 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost by galapagos.cse.psu.edu with SMTP id <12689>; Sun, 10 Nov 1996 13:48:10 -0500 To: cse.psu.edu!9fans Subject: Re: Video Card? In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 10 Nov 1996 13:01:22 EST." Date: Sun, 10 Nov 1996 13:48:04 -0500 From: Scott Schwartz Message-Id: <96Nov10.134810est.12689@galapagos.cse.psu.edu> Sender: cse.psu.edu!owner-9fans Reply-To: cse.psu.edu!9fans Precedence: bulk Brandon Black writes: | Has anyone got a recommendation for a good PCI video card for an x86 plan9 | terminal? Like something that can go to 1280x1024x8, and that plan 9 | doesn't have any problems with? I've tried a Hercules Stingray 64/V and a #9 771. The #9 card is much better. They're both pretty old, but you can probably still find one or the other.