From: cummings@hammer.prime.com (Kevin Cummings) Subject: Re: FAQ: Yes, the Dimond Stealth works in 1024x768 Date: 15 Dec 1992 19:10:55 GMT
In article <1992Dec12.223846.28952@microsoft.com>, satishc@microsoft.com (Satish Chittamuru) writes:
> Besides, nobody is *refusing* to support those cards. All they are
> saying is this: In the absence of reliable docs on how to program
> the clock, our (the Linux & X coders) time is better spent supporting
> chipsets that do have the docs available and hence easier to program
> for.
Actually, I received some mail to the contrary:
>> I gave them the info some time ago as to how you could use DOS to set the
>> 3rd diamond clock speed and thus use X. The answer was that such information
>> is not wanted by Xfree86, they will not - even in a readme put how to use
>> the diamond cards. the situation is somewhat like GNU/Apple others can make
>> patches etc but they will not be accepted. Diamond has been costly in time
>> and money to many of XFree86 and I can understand them to some point, and
>> will therefore not make anything diamond orientated in XS3. XS3 and XFree86
>> are at odds as it is over agreements made about X11R6 and the X consortium
>> so I will not do anything to make matters worse.
I don't agree 100% with the message, but right now, I am in no position
to startup any X server development (not NEAR enough disk space).
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