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Xref: sserve comp.unix.sysv386:24259 comp.windows.x:45687 comp.os.linux:11228 comp.unix.bsd:5805 comp.os.mach:2225 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:21974 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:32330 Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,comp.windows.x,comp.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.mach,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!darwin.sura.net!gatech!mailer.cc.fsu.edu!fsunuc.physics.fsu.edu!books From: books@fsunuc.physics.fsu.edu (Roger Books) Subject: Re: Free software and the future of support for Diamond products Message-ID: <books.4.0@fsunuc.physics.fsu.edu> Keywords: Diamond, free-software Sender: news@mailer.cc.fsu.edu (Usenet News File Owner) Nntp-Posting-Host: nrb209a.physics.fsu.edu Organization: FSU nuclear physics References: <1992Sep12.035549.4743@zeos.com> <Bv034L.DEJ@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> <1992Sep25.075815.10416@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu> <BvB2BC.C34@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> Date: Tue, 29 Sep 92 15:26:58 GMT Lines: 44 In article <BvB2BC.C34@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) writes: >In article <1992Sep25.075815.10416@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu> mouse@thunder. mcrcim.mcgill.edu (der Mouse) writes:>>In article <Bv034L.DEJ@usenet.ucs. indiana.edu>, ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) writes:> >>>> Complete schematics, parts list, how to obtain it, complete doc. on >>>> how to build it, everything available on public domain. > >>> Why bother, when you can buy a very good card for under $200? > >>Why? To quote the posting you replied to, complete schematics, parts >>list, how to obtain it, [...], everything available on public domain. > >>Of course, perhaps your "very good card for under $200" *has* all of >>that. If so, please tell me where to get it! Tell the whole net >>where, for that matter - the Diamond flap has demonstrated the >>existence of plenty of people who'd love to find such a thing. > >You seem to be arguing that simply because all this stuff is >in the public domain it immediately makes the card > >1) Good. Fast. >2) Reliable. >3) Widely used. >4) Free. > >In other words better than the $200 commercial item. Or at >least you'd need to argue that having everything in public >domain makes everything else a worthwhile sacrifice.. > If you've been following this discussion you'd see that all the design proposals do things you can't do with the current video cards. If you want to do VR, drive multiple monitors (2+) or an array[] of other things. All these make it a worthwhile project. >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --->Iskandar Taib | The only thing worse than Peach ala>Internet: NTAIB@SILVER.UCS.INDIANA.EDU | Frog is Frog ala Peach >Bitnet: NTAIB@IUBACS ! Roger books@fsunuc.physics.fsu.edu