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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.dca.gov.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!news.Stanford.EDU!usenet From: vladimir@Burner.dsg.stanford.edu (Vladimir Vukicevic) 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 Subject: Re: Why to not buy Matrox Millennium Date: 25 Mar 1996 02:45:50 GMT Organization: DSG, Stanford University Lines: 31 Message-ID: <VLADIMIR.96Mar24184550@Burner.dsg.stanford.edu> References: <4j21ph$crr@slappy.cs.utexas.edu> <4j36ev$prl@news.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE> <VLADIMIR.96Mar24114958@Burner.dsg.stanford.edu> <el2n356i0ht.fsf@zygorthian-space-raiders.MIT.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: burner.dsg.stanford.edu In-reply-to: mycroft@mit.edu's message of 24 Mar 1996 17:34:38 -0500 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:13826 comp.os.linux.development.system:20249 comp.os.linux.x:27947 comp.os.linux.hardware:34751 comp.os.linux.setup:47857 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:355 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:2857 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2636 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:16241 In article <el2n356i0ht.fsf@zygorthian-space-raiders.MIT.EDU> mycroft@mit.edu (Charles M. Hannum) writes: > From: mycroft@mit.edu (Charles M. Hannum) > Date: 24 Mar 1996 17:34:38 -0500 > Organization: Massachvsetts Institvte of Technology > > In article <VLADIMIR.96Mar24114958@Burner.dsg.stanford.edu> > vladimir@Burner.dsg.stanford.edu (Vladimir Vukicevic) writes: > > Many other manufacturers, > such as BusLogic, have not been hurt at all by making their documentation > available -- [...] > > Funny you should mention that. I'm not aware of any way to get > documentation on the new Flashpoint and Multimaster Ultra cards. I > wonder if BusLogic really agrees with your assessment. True. You got me there -- but BusLogic has been more than helpful in assiting in the creating of drivers for their Multimaster series of controllers, even going so far as to allow the author use of their compatability testing lab to test certain cards. Another similar occurance is what happened with Connectix and the QuickCam -- the protocol was reverse-engineered; eventually Connectix released the documentation but will not provide any tech support, and requires that any code derived from the documentation be explicitly stated as not being supported by Connectix. - Vladimir - vladimir@pobox.com