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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