From: Rob.Levin@f217.n3802.z1.fidonet.org (Rob Levin) Subject: S3 Date: 10 Jul 1992 17:03:04 GMT
SH> Are the S3 chip specs available from the vendor without paying
some
SH> outrageous $10,000 or so "licensing fee" ??? This is what would
keep
SH> a good free X386 S3 driver from ever coming about. Either that or
SH> we'd have to wait for some SVGA graphics book to come out and talk
about
SH> the details (i.e. someone else figured it out the hard way or payed
the
SH> big bucks).
Typically, the documentation is available fairly cheaply, to encourage
developers to buy the chipset. That's likely to be the case here,
though I am not certain of it....
Rob L.
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