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From: guy@dearg.cuillin.org.uk (Guy Dawson)
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Subject: Re: PCI bus cards (graphics and SCSI) which work?
Date: 2 Apr 1994 12:49:23 GMT
Organization: Cuillin
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Distribution: world
Message-ID: <2njpkj$erk@dearg.cuillin.org.uk>
References: <2mslqq$1vl8@rs560.cl.msu.edu> <michaelv.764537928@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu> <DAVEH.94Mar28165649@canopus.commodore.com>
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In article <DAVEH.94Mar28165649@canopus.commodore.com>, daveh@canopus.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) writes:
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|> We've dealt with some of the vendors, and they vary considerably in
|> how forthcoming they are with information. Tseng Labs gave us
|> whatever we wanted for the asking. S3, on the other hand, wants a
|> full non-disclosure agreement. Presumably, anyone using a chip under
|> such an agreement would be bound by it. So don't necessarily blame
|> the board vendor, it may not be their choice what they do and don't
|> provide to end users or OS vendors.
The problem with the Diamond cards is Diamonds use of their own clock
generation chip to generate the timing signals. They won't release any
details on the chip. So while one can find out about the video chip
used one still won't know how to set-up the clock generation chip...
|>
|>
|> --
|> Dave Haynie | C= Amiga, High-End Systems | Ki No Kawa Ryu Aikido
|> daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com | Engineering = Art + Science | "Life was never meant
|> {BIX,Portal}: hazy | "The Crew That Never Rests" | to be painless"
|>
|> "Rumors follow everywhere you go" -Gin Blossoms
Guy
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