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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!EU.net!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) 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 not buy Matrox Millennium Followup-To: 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 Date: 19 Aug 1996 14:55:13 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4v9ro1$fo@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <4j21ph$crr@slappy.cs.utexas.edu> <873f1tjxf1.fsf@xeno.xinside.com> <4uopgf$si4@cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu> <8720hb712j.fsf@xeno.xinside.com> <4utk9j$9nr@dira.rv.tis.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:20666 comp.os.linux.development.system:30092 comp.os.linux.x:38355 comp.os.linux.hardware:47938 comp.os.linux.setup:69445 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:1054 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:4652 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:4443 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:25709 misc.consumers:94778 Mark Sienkiewicz (mark@dira.rv.tis.com) wrote: : Before changing something simple and fast into something complex and : slow, you have to show a compelling reason why the complex/slow version : is better than the simple/fast one. Not if you have both :) The user can decide if he wants complex slow (but infinitely more capable - colours, font sizes etc) graphics or if he wants snappy straight forward stuff. Something like "vidcontrol -d textmode" or "vidcontrol -d mydriver" would be nice. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....