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From: michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon)
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Subject: Re: PCI bus cards (graphics and SCSI) which work?
Date: 31 Mar 94 06:24:25 GMT
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
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In <1994Mar31.010859.1419@selway.umt.edu> maynard@selway.umt.edu (Robert L Maynard) writes:
>RE: an interesting post from Terry Lambert on the hardware ramifications of
>misprogramming a video card.
>One of the last things said relates to competitors building the same card
>and being smarter programmers.
>I would be willing to bet that ANY experienced video board engineer can
>know a Diamond board as well as Diamond does in just a few weeks.
>Diamond may be keeping tech info from the public, but they are keeping
>NOTHING from their competitors.
>Bob
Not only that, but several of their competitors are able to build
boards just as fast or faster without any detailed knowledge of
Diamond products. I don't know what makes them think they're the only
company who can engineer a high performance video board.
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Michael L. VanLoon Iowa State University Computation Center
michaelv@iastate.edu Project Vincent Systems Staff
Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free Un*x for PC/Mac/Amiga/etc.
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