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Xref: sserve comp.unix.sysv386:23639 comp.windows.x:45119 comp.os.linux:9886 comp.unix.bsd:4962 comp.os.mach:2123 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:21484 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:31021 Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,comp.windows.x,comp.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.mach,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!uunet!zeos!kgermann From: kgermann@zeos.com (Ken Germann) Subject: Re: Free software and the future of support for Diamond products Organization: Zeos International, Ltd Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 03:55:49 GMT Message-ID: <1992Sep12.035549.4743@zeos.com> Keywords: Diamond, free-software References: <1992Sep09.203305.18082@digibd.com> <1992Sep10.130359.24767@cbnewsj.cb.att.com> <1992Sep11.124831.10108@crd.ge.com> Lines: 40 In article <1992Sep11.124831.10108@crd.ge.com> davidsen@crd.ge.com (bill davidsen) writes: >In article <1992Sep10.130359.24767@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>, dwex@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (david.e.wexelblat) writes: > >| Well, one of the responses to our Diamond mail survey was from Rick Kemp >| at SCO. I quote: >| >| We have no plans on supporting their cards at anything but >| 640x480 resolution. They have refused to tell us how their >| cards work, and we have told all of our distributors to >| discontinue carrying them (Gateway 2000 and Zeos). >| >| So we'll see. The fact that SCO is having trouble doesn't bode well >| for our winning this battle. > > Interesting, since SCO has a stealth X driver in their directory on >uunet. I have very little information about it beyond that. >-- The solution for the support of X/Windows in the Freeware arena or any other arena would be to design a VESA based driver for these software packages. It would greatly simplify the need to design specific drivers for specific cards. Granted the VESA drivers may not take advantage of the hardware specific to the card; but, there would still be a driver available until someone changes their minds. How difficult would it be to support a VESA based driver under Unix? This would be a place to start. The problems with the support arose with the Speedstar 24X and Diamonds proprietary technology used on the card. The Speedstar and Stealth are both supported by ODT 1.x and 2.x now. The generic TSENG drivers , I am told should work for the Speedstar (ET4000) based card. -- Ken Germann ZZZZ EEEE OO SSS ZEOS International, Ltd. support@zeos.com INET Z E O O S Technical Support Dept. uunet!zeos!support UUCP Z EE O O SS 530 5th Ave N.W. 800-228-5390 VOICE Z E O O S St. Paul, MN 55112 612-633-7337 ZZZZ EEEE OO SSS FAX 612-633-4607