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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.hardware,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.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!cancer.vividnet.com!hunter.premier.net!news.cais.net!chi-news.cic.net!cs.utexas.edu!howland.erols.net!netcom.com!hasty From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) Subject: Re: Why not buy Matrox Millennium Message-ID: <hastyDwwB0K.BLy@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <4us57j$f0c@guysmiley.blarg.net> <4v9q48$et@anorak. <slrn525i9j.gjk.knaff@choiseul.inrialpes.fr> Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 10:41:08 GMT Lines: 34 Sender: hasty@netcom21.netcom.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:21161 comp.os.linux.development.system:30659 comp.os.linux.x:39257 comp.os.linux.hardware:48821 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:1075 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:4735 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:4489 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:26304 In article <slrn525i9j.gjk.knaff@choiseul.inrialpes.fr> Alain.Knaff@inrialpes.fr writes: >In <3222A2C3.7833@bayarea.net>, Brian F. Kimball <kimball@bayarea.net> wrote: >:Sean Hafeez wrote: >: >:> Damm. I was just going to post to ask if I could run Linux on my system >:> with my 8MB Matrox card. What exactly is the deal with the drivers for a >:> Matrox card (this thread does not go back far enough on my news >:> sever..sorry)? I personal have always found Matrox to be a great company. >:> Email is answered by the next day and driver problems are addressed ASAP. >:> Also, being as I run OS/2 I am very happy with them because other their >:> continuing support of OS/2. >: >:Some people have the wrong impression that Matrox is refusing to give >:information about their cards to XFree if the source will be available. > > That's understandable, given the fact that they have only changed their >ways two weeks ago :-) Last year, I had a chance to talk to a service engineer in person and he was willing to co-operate on giving away information. Unfortunatly, at the time I was not really interested on the Matrox video cards rather their Matrox Meteor 8) So in a nutshell , a bit of diplomacy can help . Cheers, Amancio -- FREE unix, gcc, tcp/ip, X, open-look, netaudio, tcl/tk, MIME, midi,sound at freebsd.cdrom.com:/pub/FreeBSD Amancio Hasty, Consultant Home: (415) 495-3046 e-mail hasty@netcom.com