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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!iafrica.com!pipex-sa.net!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.mathworks.com!news-peer.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!EU.net!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: XFree86 Matrox Millenium News Followup-To: 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 Date: 5 Sep 1996 10:21:01 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 27 Message-ID: <50m61t$ao@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <4j21ph$crr@slappy.cs.utexas.edu> <502le0$lv8@nuke.csu.net> <503p2a$9v@anorak.coverform.lan> <322AC1C6.2402@mail2.svhm.org.au> <50iv49$9o@piglet.cc.utexas.edu> <nyvVgYi@quack.kfu.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.x:40234 comp.os.linux.hardware:49752 comp.os.linux.setup:72295 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:1109 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:4570 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:26855 [Distribution list shortened] Nick Sayer (nsayer@quack.kfu.com) wrote: : victor@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Vic Menayang) writes: : >The sad thing is many won't see this message and the image of Matrox : >being hostile to the free unix community get stuck in their mind. : >Oh well, probably a good warning for interface manufacturers to handle : >the issue cautiously. : Indeed. I was telling folks to avoid Diamond for a while after they : started cooperating because I hadn't heard differently. Diamond : is, of course, on the good list now. But I still buy #9s... Ah ! You'll know if there's support for the 9FX Reality 332.... There wasn't anything in the Cards database - just stuff about the 9FX Motion :( But I'm running XFree86 that came with FreeBSD-2.1.0-RELEASE (3.12 I believe), so I may be a bit out of date ! I'll try to find the Cards database from the current XFree86 - I'm just looking for an easy answer - if anyone knows :) TIA -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....