From: Rob Levin (Rob.Levin@f217.n3802.z1.fidonet.org)
Date: 07/10/92


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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