From: bill@chaos.cs.umn.edu ( Hari Seldon psychohistorian ) Subject: Re: Free software and the future of support for Diamond products Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1992 22:00:50 GMT
In <7s0nqk-.hasty@netcom.com> hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) writes:
>In article <1992Sep25.075815.10416@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu> mouse@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu (der Mouse) writes:
>>In article <Bv034L.DEJ@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>, ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) writes:
>>> In article <c3xn+a=.kwan@netcom.com> kwan@netcom.com (Kwan-Seng Low) writes:
>>>> Here's my dream card: User contributed, VESA compliance SVGA card.
>>>> Given enough hardware design tools ([...]), one would
>>>> came up a hardware design that only utilize standard component
>>>> that's readily available in any large electronics shop [...].
>>>> Complete schematics, parts list, how to obtain it, complete doc. on
>>>> how to build it, everything available on public domain.
>>> Why bother, when you can buy a very good card for under $200?
>>
>>Why? To quote the posting you replied to, complete schematics, parts
>>list, how to obtain it, [...], everything available on public domain.
>>
>>Of course, perhaps your "very good card for under $200" *has* all of
>>that. If so, please tell me where to get it! Tell the whole net
>>where, for that matter - the Diamond flap has demonstrated the
>>existence of plenty of people who'd love to find such a thing.
>>
>I just finished speaking to customer marketing out of S3
>Corporation.
>If you are interested, S3 can make readily available the
>complete schematics on how to build an S3 based svga card.
>Maybe we could just build an 8C928 based card which could
>be 2 to 3 times faster than the 8C911 used in the Stealth.
>And, I can provide an X11R5 server which can used the
>extended graphics functions on the S3 card.
>So, the ball is now in the hands of the EE types.
>How about it guys? Shall we make a run for it?
so what will we do if the schematic call out asic's? who has access to
a foundry??
bill pociengel