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From: C.deGroot@inter.NL.net (Cees de Groot)
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Subject: Re: Sometimes you need X server source (Was: Why to not buy Matrox Millennium)
Date: 29 Mar 1996 15:15:57 +0100
Organization: I still need to put my ORGANIZATION here.
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In article <4jc79v$h11@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>,
Jason V. Robertson <jroberts@uiuc.edu> wrote:
>
>XF86 gave me 64K colors with my Mach32.  Did you have a wierd version of it or
>something?  I use XF86 and it's a very good piece of software.  The only
>reason I would ever consider buying AccelX is if I were to buy a card that
>XF86 doesn't support.
>
Do it the other way around. When I wanted to upgrade my card, I checked 
whether current versions of XF86 supported a very cheap and fast card (Trio64)
that I had in mind. Luckily, Harald Koenig just finished his job so I could
buy the card (and had some money to spare for LI :-)).

Forget matrox. Or better: start bombing them with mails like the one that
started this thread - they'll turn around, like some others already did...

-- 
Cees de Groot                                        <C.deGroot@inter.NL.net>
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