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On Thu, 8 May 2003 qwms-avib AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> keesan2 AT cyberspace.org wrote:
> > 
> > svgalib/links219 only offered 256 at any resolution.
> 
> If 256 colors is the limit, then this is set by links,
> not svgalib.

Does Links display more than 256 colors when run with the SVGA X server?

> 
> > will the SVGA server handle even non-VESA cards (the type 
> > that will do 24-bit with a Windows driver, such as some 
> > Tseng ET4000)?
> 
> The SVGA Xserver works with the Tseng ET3000 and the
> ordinary ET4000.  For the ET4000/W32, you need to use
> a different Xserver:  xw32.tgz.  There is an explanation
> of this in /slakware/x1/diskx1 under xw32 

The Tseng ET4000 cards that are non-VESA are all ISA and I doubt
ET4000/W32 is that old.

I will experiment with the SVGA X server, Links, and our collection of old
video cards.  

> 
> Cheers,
> Steven
> 
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