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|    Snuhwolf to Edmund    |
|    Re: New install worked better than two l    |
|    20 Feb 07 14:22:22    |
   
   From: snuhwolf5150@hotmail.com   
      
   Edmund wrote:   
   > In message , Snuhwolf wrote:   
   >> Since theres still some people reading the NG I'll post my recent   
   >> success (qualified) with BeOS Max on a HP 6340 Pavilion desktop.   
   >> Hardware:   
   >> 300mhz celeron CPU   
   >> 256MB ram   
   >> video- Ati Rage LT Pro (Im using the Vesa accepted driver until I can   
   >> find a better soulution)   
   >> Sound- Cirrus Logic aka Crystal Sound pnp cs 4237B   
   >> (Vector linux and Puppy couldnt support it, BeOS did!)   
   >> Modem ISA thing that always works with BeOS.   
   >>   
   >> Only real hitch for me is that Heretic which comes with BeOS Max wont   
   >> display anything but the window...the sound works though.   
   >> I suspect its the Vesa driver thats at fault.   
   >   
   > Don't know what heretic is, I suspect it some   
   > game and I don't like games.   
      
   Its like Doom...only you get to be an elf and shoot flying demons &   
   monsters :)   
      
   > Good thing BeOS max works for you lets hope there   
   > wil be a BeOSmax 4 soon and pray it wil have   
   > a decent browser. If it doesn't I have to   
   > switch to Linux.   
   >   
      
   There is some strange bug in firefox for BeOS that kills the ppp daemon   
   I think.   
   At any rate when I use firefox it often kills the net server in some way.   
   Seamonkey is more stable and hasnt done that yet.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   
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