Re: [TP600]: graphics chipset is Trident -- yay!

[Randal Whittle <rwhittle@usa.net>]

At 09:56 AM 4/28/98 , Joseph Manning wrote:
>There's some contradictory information on IBM's web pages
>regarding the graphics chipset in the (fabulous!) new TP 600;
>some pages list it as the Trident CYBER 9397, while others
>list it as the (dreaded!) NeoMagic 2160.

>That's GREAT news for anyone who runs Linux / XFree86,
>since the Trident chip is supported, whereas NeoMagic
>refuses to publish the specs on their chips and so it
>cannot be supported in XFree86.

	I've heard the NeoMagic is a better performer though.

	Not being interested in Linux, I consider the above news to be a
disappointment.

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