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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!uunet!not-for-mail From: kyle@wendy-fate.UU.NET (Kyle Jones) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: X386 and Diamond Stealth: not solution Date: 26 Aug 1992 15:41:32 -0400 Organization: UUNET Communications Lines: 16 Message-ID: <17gmpcINN8tc@wendy-fate.UU.NET> References: <-bannhr.hasty@netcom.com> <7bgE02Wb1fVu01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: wendy-fate.uu.net > > According to Geoff Orr, from Diamond, they are not going to publicly > > release information on how to set their clocks. All new Diamond cards > > not just the S3 based cards will use this method. > > I have a hard time believing that Diamond marketing believes this policy is in > the best interest of the company. How is this going to save/make the company > money? Maybe they've cut a sweet deal with a heavyweight like Microsoft. (Say) Microsoft gets the details of how the card works and thus gets a headstart on everyone else. Microsoft then kicks some $$$ Diamond's way and also recommends that Windows 3.X be run with the Diamond Stealth whatever. Maybe Diamond will let lightweights and netters in on the secret a year or two later, maybe not.