Re: video cards
On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 02:11:17PM -0600, Bob McElrath wrote:
> Bob Schmidt [pastorbob@centurytel.net] wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Showing my ignorance here concerning alpha machines. Can you use any pci video
> > cards in these machines? (I have a Digital 433au)
>
> In principle, yes. It is a matter of whether there are drivers, and
> those drivers work on alpha. So search the web and mailing lists for
> specific cards that people have gotten working on alpha.
You also have to check whether your firmware (say SRM) supports it.
Although most PCI video cards are supported, there are newer ones that
aren't. There are numerous posts and web pages refering to this. Try
google'ing a bit.
Bye,
Nick.
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