From: orville%weyrich@tnet.com (Orville R. Weyrich) Subject: Re: Free software and the future of support for Diamond products Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 15:20:26 GMT
In article <c3xn+a=.kwan@netcom.com> kwan@netcom.com (Kwan-Seng Low) writes:
> If none of the vendor willing to reveal how to set clock on their s3
>based card, maybe us the users might consider design our own.
> Here's my dream card: User contributed, VESA compliance SVGA card.
>Given enough hardware design tools (Orcad, spice,...), one would came up a
>hardware design that only utilize standard component that's readily available
>in any large electronics shop (e.g. Fry's in Bay Area). Complete schematics,
>parts list, how to obtain it, complete doc. on how to build it, everything
>available on public domain.
> People has been selling hardware kit for some time, come to think about
>it, it's something that can be done. In this case, we just have a very narrow
>focus; we want to build a public domain hardware design that's specifically
>optimized to run X on PC's unixes. People can take the initial design, perfect
>it, perhaps adding new chips/parts when they're readily available on the market.
>
> any response is welcome, just want to test this idea is making sense.
>It would eliminate the dependence on vendors when it come to writing display
>driver.
I seem to recall that someone put together a kit that uses 16550 uarts to
good advantage and that was optimized for the fas device driver. I don't
think the design is public domain, but the kit DOES come with full schematics.
I wonder how that item is doing? It might be some indication of how to procede
as you want to above.
orville
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