From: tymbaryon@free.fr   
      
   Thaks for your advice   
   I haven't tried the VESA option yet. Is it processor consuming as   
   well?   
      
   I am really pondering to buy an old portable PC fully compatible with   
   BeOS as I don't want to change my graphic card (it is a 64 Mb etc etc)   
   The reason is also due to the fact that I live in Ireland 5I am   
   Italian by-the-way) and I will be moving to South America by the end   
   of the year. I prefer to carry as less as possible. Nevertheless I   
   always had a profound liking for BeOS. I built with a lot of   
   enthusiasm a PC BeOS-compatible. Too nice the interface.... and so   
   fast with so few resources   
      
   Now... I found the driver of my card for Linux Mandrake 9.0.   
   As far as I know, there are some similarities between the two system   
   in matter of drivers...   
      
   What do you think?   
      
   On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 14:50:21 +0000 (UTC), "Kevin Lawton"   
    wrote:   
      
   >Well, just to try it out you could use the option to start up with VESA mode   
   >support only.   
   >If you like BeOS, then you should be able to get yourself a reasonable   
   >supported grpahics card to replace the Hercules quite cheaply. Cards based   
   >on the S3 Savage 4 graphics chipset are really cheap, it is also used   
   >built-in to m/boards quite frequently. By no means leading-edge 3D   
   >acceleration, but it is reliable and supported.   
   >Kevin.   
   >   
   >Sim  wrote:   
   >| I would love to install BeOS on my PC but my graphic card is not   
   >| supported. I used to have a PC which I made on purpose to use with   
   >| Linux and BeOS (Qnx as well...) but I had to sell it one year ago.   
   >| I wonder if any BeOS users can share with me his/her experience   
   >|   
   >| Thanks in advance   
   >   
      
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