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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Why not buy Matrox Millennium
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 11:07:38 -0700
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Chris Davis wrote:
]
] Well the title does not convey the discussion too clearly...
] but I was looking at this article to see if anyone had any
] clue how I could get xfree86 to work with my Matrox
] Millenium. Has anyone done it? If so, HOW? HELP!!
1) Call Matrox and have them fax you an NDA
2) Sign the NDA
3) Fax it back to Matrox
4) Call Matrox and buy their developer documentation
under NDA
5) Write the X server yourself, probably using one of
the existing DDX's as a starting point
6) Give away the binaries (you can not give away the
source, since you signed NDA)
7) Install Linux; repeat
8) Install NetBSD; repeat
9) Install Hurd; repeat
10) Install UnixWare; repeat
N-1) ...
N) Complain bitterly in a thread entitled "Re: Why not
buy Matrox Millennium" that it's just too much work
to support the damn thing, and give up and buy another
card instead
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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