Re: monochrome cards

1998-05-03 Thread Christian Weisgerber
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bear Giles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Thats a good point, who actually has a truely MONO screen anymore? [...] > >I think machines with a mono video card (ie a herc) would be unable to run > >Debian in the first pla

Re: monochrome cards

1998-05-01 Thread Rev. Joseph Carter
On Thu, Apr 30, 1998 at 11:32:18PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote: > > That said, I can't see anyone using a MCA card as his primary > > interface. > > I can see this, or serial console, being used for a server. Or an old 386 that you use as a router... > Also, don't forget the sorts of interfaces b

Re: monochrome cards

1998-05-01 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Thu, Apr 30, 1998 at 09:54:41PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Raul Miller wrote: > > Bear Giles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > That said, I can't see anyone using a MCA card as his primary > Actually, you'd be insane to put a MCA card in a server (you'd have to get > it

Re: monochrome cards

1998-05-01 Thread Bear Giles
From: Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Actually, you'd be insane to put a MCA card in a server (you'd have to get >it second hand and so on). They generally slow down the machine because of >the limits they place on the ISA bus and require special mca screens! When you're only running a

Re: monochrome cards

1998-05-01 Thread Raul Miller
Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, you'd be insane to put a MCA card in a server (you'd have to get > it second hand and so on). They generally slow down the machine because of > the limits they place on the ISA bus and require special mca screens! I've put together my share of

Re: monochrome cards

1998-05-01 Thread stephen . p . ryan
On 30 Apr, Raul Miller wrote: > Bear Giles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> That said, I can't see anyone using a MCA card as his primary >> interface. > > I can see this, or serial console, being used for a server. > > Also, don't forget the sorts of interfaces blind people use... > > Berr Giles

Re: monochrome cards

1998-05-01 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Raul Miller wrote: > Bear Giles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That said, I can't see anyone using a MCA card as his primary > > interface. > > I can see this, or serial console, being used for a server. Actually, you'd be insane to put a MCA card in a server (you'd have t

Re: monochrome cards

1998-05-01 Thread Raul Miller
Bear Giles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That said, I can't see anyone using a MCA card as his primary > interface. I can see this, or serial console, being used for a server. Also, don't forget the sorts of interfaces blind people use... -- Raul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: monochrome cards

1998-05-01 Thread Bear Giles
Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Thu, 30 Apr 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> 2. Make sure that the color monitors are supported automatically from the >> installation screen itself. > >Thats a good point, who actually has a truely MONO screen anymore? [...] >I think machines with