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From: John Boland <jboland@caldera.com>
Subject: Re: Making a move back to OSR
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 13:46:28 +0000 References: <%HtT7.20888$_z.57027@news-server.bigpond.net.au>

Wayne M Jackson wrote:
> Just a few point I would like to clear up, if possible:
> 1) Does the SVGA driver in OSR506 support the GeForce series chipset on video
> cards?

For certified cards please see:

http://wdb1.caldera.com/chwp/owa/hch_search_form

> 2) What happened to the single user license for Merge?  There use to be a link,
> 2 years ago though for Merge 4 - or has that changed?

Not as far as I am aware. I believe this product is still
orderable.

> 3) I noticed that USB is suppose to be includes with RS506a, I would hazard a
> guess that it is mainly for storage devices?

USB in 506a supports hub, keyboard, mouse and Zip drives.

> 4) Does it still need to be installed below the 1024th cylinder?  For instance,
> if I have 2 slices, the first being a MS OS taking up the first 20GB, will
> OSR506 install and run well on the remaining 20GB?

Yes.

JOhn

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