Hardware delivery

Lincoln Peters lincoln_peters at hotmail.com
Mon Dec 31 17:24:38 PST 2001


I doubt that any teacher would look kindly on me if I put Quake or Descent 
on their shiny new Linux workstations.

What about 3D animation?  There is a 3D animation class at RCHS; is there 
any Linux software for 3D animation that would benefit from a Voodoo card?


>From: Troy Engel <tengel at sonic.net>
>Reply-To: <talk at nblug.org>
>To: <talk at nblug.org>
>Subject: Re: Hardware delivery
>Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 11:39:36 -0800
>
>There was both a Voodoo 1 and Voodoo 2 card in the box, both which operate 
>in the same manner -- the video OUT from a "normal" card is fed into the 
>video IN on the voodoo(s), then the monitor plugs into the voodoo card.  
>The card is then only activated when special drivers request it too.
>
>What's it good for? games.  I used it/them primarily for Quake, Descent, 
>and their ilk.  Not useful for much anything else, they require the special 
>drivers.
>
>-te


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