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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!fu-berlin.de!uniol!indrom!caty.ol.sub.de!news.ol.sub.de!News.Uni-Marburg.DE!grapool30.rz.uni-frankfurt.de!zeus.rbi.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de!not-for-mail From: Anselm Lingnau <lingnau@tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de> 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,misc.consumers Subject: Re: Why to not buy Matrox Millennium Date: 7 Aug 1996 11:42:40 +0200 Organization: FB Informatik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitaet Lines: 19 Sender: lingnau@rigel.tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de Message-ID: <4u9oeg$91j@rigel.tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de> References: <4j21ph$crr@slappy.cs.utexas.edu> <stephenkDvp30A.366@netcom.com> <4u7hv4$jcd@agate.nbnet.nb.ca> <slrn50epup.vrk.knaff@choiseul.inrialpes.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: rigel.tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:19959 comp.os.linux.development.system:29322 comp.os.linux.x:37499 comp.os.linux.hardware:46815 comp.os.linux.setup:67643 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:990 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:4521 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:4287 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:25099 misc.consumers:93854 In article <slrn50epup.vrk.knaff@choiseul.inrialpes.fr>, Alain Knaff <Alain.Knaff@inrialpes.fr> wrote: > The point is that Matrox users _have_ to reverse engineer cards if > they want to use them, because no proper documentation is available. They could run a commercial X server that supports the card. We all know that such a server is available at quite a reasonable price. It would of course be nice if Matrox gave out more information about the card. But it's not as if you currently couldn't use the card under Linux at all. If it bothers you that there's no support for the Matrox card in XFree86, write an angry letter to Matrox and go get another card. Anselm -- Anselm Lingnau ......................... lingnau@tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de A politician is a person who can make waves and then make you think he's the only one who can save the ship. --- Ivern Ball