Re: PC graphic adapters on Mac Harware
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
> >>which would prevent it from working ?
> >>
> >>
> >
> >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?
> >
> >
> Is that with the framebuffer or X tdfx driver? And which kernel?
I don't know any specifics, sorry.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer \ Debian (powerpc), XFree86 and DRI developer
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