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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 Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.cis.okstate.edu!newsfeed.ksu.ksu.edu!news.physics.uiowa.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.new-york.net!ritz.mordor.com!ritz From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz) Subject: Re: Why to not buy Matrox Millennium X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Lines: 25 Organization: Mordor International Message-ID: <DovqHA.B9o@ritz.mordor.com> References: <4j21ph$crr@slappy.cs.utexas.edu> <4j3muv$34m@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> <4j3v64$1rq@virtech.aib.com> <4j7dg2$t3t@moacs11.moacs.indiv.nl.net> <4j8s8a$q8b@newstand.syr.edu> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 14:48:46 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:13650 comp.os.linux.development.system:19977 comp.os.linux.x:27576 comp.os.linux.hardware:34309 comp.os.linux.setup:47152 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:288 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:2776 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2552 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:15980 Mark Levitt (melevitt@syr.edu) wrote: : Matrox will come around the same way Diamond did. When I first installed : Linux, all the docs and howtos said don't bother trying to use a diamond card : they won't work. Well, now they do. Pressure can be brought to bear on : Matrox, just as it was on Diamond. Start writting letters (paper ones) to : Matrox's president. Be polite and tell them how much money you would spend on : their products, if only their was support for it. That may work. 2nd hand knowledge from friends of mine who have tried dealing with Matrox tech support would suggest otherwise, though. : Think about all the Linux ISPs that I'm sure Matrox would want to sell : hardware too. Make the point that, yes you can use Xinside's server, but it's : just easier to buy a different card. Mention in the letter the other card you : will buy. Why would an ISP give 2 hoots about the video card in the box??? For all of our unix boxen, we use the cheapest $29 vanilla VGA card we can find, since it only drives a console. Why not just buy #9 cards? They are just as fast, comparable in price, and well supported by Xfree. Chris -- Christopher Mauritz | For info on internet access: ritz@mordor.com | finger/mail info@ritz.mordor.com OR Mordor International | http://www.mordor.com/ 201/212/718 internet access | Modem: (201)433-7343,(212)843-3451