RE: [TCLUG:7705] compaq deskpro 450

[Peter Lukas <peter@math.umn.edu>]

I got a spare junk vid adapter.  How about the scsi controller?  As far as
I can tell, the vid adapter in the box is a cirrus logic with a ultra wide
scsi connector-lookind thing on the inside of it.  Can we safely rule that
compaq is just plain nutty?  :-)

Peter Lukas

On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, Schoenhofen, Kelly wrote:

> Quick warning with what I got burned with: On quite a few of these older
> 486/Pentium Deskpro's they have an onboard QVision chipset - which XFree86
> does not support, and I have yet to get any to work in VGA16/Mono mode. So -
> they may make a good mini-server, but a poor workstation.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Lukas [mailto:peter@math.umn.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 3:39 PM
> To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org
> Subject: [TCLUG:7705] compaq deskpro 450
> 
> 
> Does anyone have an idea what kind of drive controller an old Compaq
> Deskpro 450 uses and how to get Linux / FreeBSD to see it?  It claims to
> be some sort of AMD controller.  Does anyone know how to talk to it?
> 
> Peter Lukas
> 
> 
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