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Re: Xfree86 and a real old crappy Monochrome card
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bob Nielsen)
Mon Oct 28 19:27:01 1996
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 16:50:03 -0700 (MST)
From: Bob Nielsen <nielsen@primenet.com>
Reply-To: nielsen@primenet.com
To: Skull <skull@yakko.cs.wmich.edu>
cc: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19961028145505.00691bc4@141.218.40.78>
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On Mon, 28 Oct 1996, Skull wrote:
> Does anyone know if/how Xfree86 is capable of being used on a system with
> a real old crappy Monochrome card? The machine runs linux fine, just has an
> old Monochrome card, with no manufacturer name. The closest thing I can
> find is
> on the chip, Winbond, W86855AF. But if that is who makes it, its not listed as
> supported. Is there perhaps a generic Mono mode? Like the Generic VGA.
> I also have a crappy old Samsung MA2565 Monochrome monitor too.
> Any ideas? or do I have to go VGA?
Use the monochrome XFree86-Mono-xxxx server.
Bob
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