On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 08:38:26AM -0500, Rich Payne wrote: > On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, David Creed wrote: > > > we've found a cheap TNT2 card to replace it. > > Would this be a reasonable card? It's supported under X windows but am I > > wasting my time squeezing it into the Alpha box? > > I know the TNT2 cards will work in the later machines like an LX (with > latest firmware). I don't know about the miata series.
Yes, they are fine in LX and SX, but it looks like NOT fine in MIATA. I just tried an ELSA Synergy II-32 PCI in MIATA, with black screen as the result, meaning it didn't make it through the BIOS emulator. This has been a problem with the TNT2 cards for a while, only fixed on those machines with a late-enough BIOS emulator. Of course, YMMV, depending on the BIOS code in the TNT2 card you plug in. However, you might try to find an ATI Rage 128-based PCI card, as that seems fine in MIATA, and will do 3D on Alpha as well... :-) Good luck. --Jay++ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jay A Estabrook Alpha Engineering - LINUX Project Compaq Computer Corp. - MRO1-2/K15 (508) 467-2080 200 Forest Street, Marlboro MA 01752 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
