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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.nla.gov.au!act.news.telstra.net!vic.news.telstra.net!news.mira.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!fu-berlin.de!zib-berlin.de!uniol!news From: Thomas.Weihrich@Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE (Thomas Weihrich) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Why to not buy Matrox Millennium Date: 24 Mar 96 09:45:32 GMT Organization: C. v. Ossietzky Universitaet Oldenburg - Fachbereich Informatik Lines: 44 Message-ID: <4j36ev$prl@news.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE> References: <4j21ph$crr@slappy.cs.utexas.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: eowyn.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de Keywords: Matrox Millennium X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #2 (NOV) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:13623 comp.os.linux.development.system:19955 comp.os.linux.x:27536 comp.os.linux.hardware:34274 comp.os.linux.setup:47082 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:282 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:2770 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2543 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:15953 pmcdermo@cs.utexas.edu (Peter F. McDermott) writes: >Some companies just don't get it. Valdimir Vukicevic on the XFree86-3D list >requested information on Matrox's card (first message) and received the >second message as a reply. Unless Matrox changes their mind on release of >information, I suggest no one interested in running a free Unix system >buy their products. I perfectly understand Matrox's decision not to give away details on their cards and programming interface. They are afraid of reverse engineering - as are many of the pc card vendors - did you ever care to read Adaptec's policy on giving out their hardware documentation (and I do not mean jumper settings) ? Matrox did point at a source of information - X Inside. It is however a bit unlikely that X Inside will hand out technical details on the Matrox cards as their developers did sign a non disclosure agreement with Matrox. Which means that if you want to use a Matrox card you will have to buy the X Inside X server. BTW, their X server is excellent. I am using it and I like it a lot. X Inside has an OpenGL implementation for their X server available and does sell it a reasonable amount of money. It may be a bit expensive for those though who want everything for free. >-Peter McDermott >pmcdermo@cs.utexas.edu Thomas Weihrich -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thomas Weihrich | NIC-Handle TW166 Thomas.Weihrich@Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE | _ Thomas.Weihrich@WWWA.ORG | /_/__ _ | (_/(__)==== \ ------------------------------------------------| ,-,\%=] ,-,\[ | ( O )## ( O ) Ban |--------'-'-----'-'---------- Solaris, | Dude | Steed = '90 K100 LT | #include <std_disclaimer.h> ------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------