11 May
2013
11 May
'13
10:18 a.m.
On Sat, 11 May 2013, Ethan Dicks wrote:
XFree86 was not in terrific shape for a number of common chip sets. I had
so many problems that I ended up springing for an Xi Graphics
Accelerated-X commercial license. They had the first stable Tseng
drivers. Nice folks and great support. Just did a quick Google search
and discovered that they are still in business - for some definition of
"in business" (looks like there were financial and/or legal problems).
Steve
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On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 12:30 PM, Steven Hirsch
<snhirsch at gmail.com> wrote:
I had actually thought they were gone by then. My first install was in
August, 1994.
Yggdrasil Linux distribution (remember them?)
I remember them. That was my first at-work Linux experience (I'd been using
Slackware at home) c. 1996. IIRC, X was
actually usable albeit a bit slow.
Yeah... I remember all the "fun" of trying to find a VGA card with a
specific Cirrus Logic chip on it that was fully supported under X. We
eventually did, but it took two or three tries.