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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.erols.net!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!uknet!yama.mcc.ac.uk!deepthot!brtph500.bnr.ca!nrtphc11.bnr.ca!nrtphba6.bnr.ca!bcarh189.bnr.ca!nott!nntp.igs.net!usenet From: bwilkins@igs.net (Matthew Wilkins) 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 Subject: Re: Why not buy Matrox Millennium Date: Mon, 02 Sep 1996 02:50:06 GMT Organization: IGS - Information Gateway Services Lines: 18 Message-ID: <322a49ef.3460182@news.igs.net> References: <4j21ph$crr@slappy.cs.utexas.edu> <3222A2C3.7833@bayarea.net> <4vutku$165@solaria.cc.gatech.edu> <505p03$qmt@pell.pell.chi.il.us> <5071sh$nne@solaria.cc.gatech.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ttyb1d.ott.igs.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99c/16.141 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:21259 comp.os.linux.development.system:30783 comp.os.linux.x:39468 comp.os.linux.hardware:48955 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:1080 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:4747 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:4503 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:26388 On 30 Aug 1996 15:37:53 GMT, byron@cc.gatech.edu (Byron A Jeff) wrote: >I also read in this thread that once one was registered, that the information >that was actually available behind the login consisted of information one >could get from the box. I believe the accusation was something along the lines >of getting free market survey with very little in return. > I wrote that a while back, and it's totally and completely false... I reacted a little prematurely and missed a small link on the page :( There is now a large document available that contains probably (in my inexperienced view) more than enough info to create an MGA X server with full acceleration capabilities. All it'll take is someone to sit down and code the thing. apologies for a _big_ chunk of misinformation, Matthew Wilkins