Subject: Re: 6500/225 - Quick Qs
From: Ed Jaeger (ed.jaeger@bgcorp.com)
Date: Fri Mar 24 2000 - 11:47:08 MST
I've got a PowerBase 200, which I think uses the same or similar
motherboard as the 5500/6500. It also has a built in ATI Rage II video
setup, which came with 2mb memory and which I expanded to 4mb. I can
get 1152x870x16 at 75 Hz in MacOS. I can also get 1280x960x8 at 75Hz or
1280x1024x8 at 60 Hz, neither of which are very exciting to me.
However, I have set up XFree86 to get 1280x960x16, which is great on my
Apple 21" monitor. If you want details let me know. From my
/var/log/dmesg file:
MacOS display is /bandit/ATY,mach64_3D_pc
atyfb: 3D RAGE (GT) [0x4754 rev 0x41] 4M EDO, 14.31818 MHz XTAL, 170 MHz
PLL, 63 Mhz MCLK
Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x60
fb0: ATY Mach64 frame buffer device on /bandit/ATY,mach64_3D_pc
I get 133 BogoMIPS with my 200MHz 603e on a 40MHz bus - your 225MHz 603e
on a 5MHz bus should be more than that.
Here are the relevant sound items from /var/log/dmesg:
Sound initialization started
Sound initialization complete
DMA sound driver installed, using 4 buffers of 32k.
Joe DiLascio wrote:
>
> Greetings
>
> At my place of employment we have several Power Macs -- 6500/225 being the
> most prevalant model. I've been trying to get CS 1.2 running and have some
> pretty basic questions:
>
> * Is it possible to get better than 640x480x8 on these (ATI 3D Rage II)?
> I've played around a bit with kernel boot parameters and XF86Config, but
> have had no success (seems I must boot with "no video driver" and the
> framebuffer doesn't like being told to use more than 8bpp).
> * Is it possible to get sound working (Some model of Crystal chip..)?
> * Is ~14 Bogomips normal for that processor? The machine feels slower than
> a snail in a tarpit.
>
> I'm pretty familiar with Linux on x86, and not too familiar with Macs in
> general, but I'd like to get a few more years out of this hardware -- even
> if only as Netscape terminals. We've been having more trouble with MacOS
> than we feel is worth the effort, so I said "Why not Linux?".
>
> Thanks much
> Joe DiLascio
>
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