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RedHat 5.0 was released in 1997. It was pretty usable, thats pretty much when the university I was at started switching from Sun Xterms to PCs running Linux. Th
by justincormack 12y ago
RedHat 5.0 was released in 1997. It was pretty usable, thats pretty much when the university I was at started switching from Sun Xterms to PCs running Linux. There was usable 3D graphics shortly after that.
- pjmlp 12y agoThe only usable 3D graphics that could compete with graphic workstations, were provided by a company that specialized in supporting specific graphic cards. The company had a name starting by Xi something and I think the cards were still those that you had to pair a 2D with a 3D card.
- justincormack 12y agoYes indeed. But they were cheap... And worked. We had quite a few. I can't remember the name either. Then Nvidia came along.
- boyaka 12y agoHere's a chart I found while looking for info about the first video cards I used in the late 90s (couldn't find Diamond on it though, besides a mention of merging with S3...): http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/history-tree http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/history-tree I see IXMICRO and MXIC (Macronix) on there.