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RE: DEC/Alpha network question...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Castelijn, Maurice)
Tue Oct 29 07:18:57 1996
From: "Castelijn, Maurice" <Castelijn.Maurice@kpmg.nl>
To: "redhat-list@redhat.com" <redhat-list@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 12:10:00 +0100
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>From: Donnie Barnes[SMTP:djb@redhat.com]
>Sent: maandag 28 oktober 1996 18:52
>To: redhat-list@redhat.com
>Subject: Re: DEC/Alpha network question...
>
>
>> * The DEC 4220 Ethernet EISA card isn't found by Redhat.
>> - I've tried to find info about the card on the web, tried to give
>> "ether=5,0x300,0,0,eth0" before startup. None of it works. (this is
>> my most important problem)
>
>That doesn't sound like a supported card. What chipset is on it?
Well, there is a chip with AT&T on it... that's what you mean?
>> - I think my video card isn't detected either. I've got a Compaq
>> QVision 1024 and I don't have a single clue about the chipset and
>> resolutions. I know it's 1 MB and that it can handle 16,8 Mill.
>> colors.
>> At Compaq they didn't know the technical specifications either...
>
>There is no Qvision support that I know of, either. You'd better get
>an S3 for that box. It's the best supported on the Alpha.
Hmm, I've recently heard that a #9 GXE (or something) should be the
standard. I asked Digital and they told me that's true. So, they've set
us up with a wrong card?
>
--Donnie
Maurice.
>
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