[9fans] A few questions about the new release

[Bill Dodd bdodd@austin.ibm.com]

Let me add my congratulations (and thanks) to all involved in getting
the new release out!

I down-loaded the bits yesterday, but haven't been able to get it up
and running yet; none of my video cards are recognized. I did some web
searches for online sites selling the cards listed in the "Cards we
use" section of the "Supported PC hardware" document. The only one
that I've been able find that is still on the market is the ATI Xpert
98 (PCI, 8MB, Mach64 based I believe). This looks like a pretty good
choice. Does anyone have any other recommendations?

680X0: I see that the release notes do not list a 680X0 kernel, and
the "Installing ..." doc mentions that the kernel requires 8 bits per
pixel. I assume this means I won't be able to my old 68040 NeXT cube
(w/ 2 bit grayscale display) as a terminal. True?

Looking down the road, I plan to set up a file server and cpu server.
Is there a requirement that either of these 2 boxes have a video card
that is supported in graphics mode, or will any old card that just
works in text mode be sufficient to install/configure/administer
these?

Thanks,
-bill