From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu From: balajis Message-ID: <3CD1E2F6.801B0318@invalid.address.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <4f31f1bd6e49a8532fa1107b5c177bf2@plan9.bell-labs.com>, Subject: Re: [9fans] ATI Xpert 98 video weirdness Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 08:44:41 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 8620e456-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 FWIW I run an ATI Xpert 98 and here is the info from W2K... Name: ATI Technologies Inc. 3D RAGE PRO PCI Adapter Type: ATI 3D RAGE PRO PCI(GT-C2U2), ATI... and P9 v4 works flawlessly. Andrew Stitt wrote: > > fwiw i got a similiar pci card, it worked as an Xpert 98, and a Rage > something or other. I dont know why. In windows (my os at the time) the > ati drivers let you install it as either. > > On Thu, 2 May 2002, Russ Cox wrote: > > > > Well, I bought an "ATI Xpert 98 AGP X2" video card > > > and have managed to install Plan9. FWIW, the chip > > > itself says "RAGE Mobility-L" although I'm using it in a Dell deskstop. > > > > > > However, the display is messed up w/ left-hand side > > > of the screen repeated and the right side consequently > > > falling off the right-hand side of the screen. > > > Can I fiddle w/ VGADB to fix this? Or do I have to > > > "upgrade" my video card yet again? > > > > I picked up what was said to be an ATI Xpert 98 AGP X2 > > on Ebay and it seems to work just fine with the fourth > > edition vga, just fyi. Then again, the chip says > > "Rage Pro Turbo AGP" on it, so maybe there's more than > > one chip on the AGP X2's floating around, or maybe > > I didn't really get an AGP X2. > > > > Russ