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- From: giannini@vianet.on.ca (Vince Giannini)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: CyberGraphics for RetinaZ2???
- Date: 26 Mar 1996 13:31:23 GMT
- Organization: CDC Internet - 423/842-5709
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- A while back I posted for info on the CyberGFX and Retina Z2 situation.
- (Thanks to all who posted follow-ups.) However, I also emailed Frank
- Mariak, one of the authors of CyberGFX. For you Retina Z2 owners who may
- be interested, here's some of what he had to say...
-
- >>>--- BEGIN QUOTE ---<<<
-
- From fmariak@chaosengine.ping.deTue Mar 26 07:19:25 1996
- Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 02:46:26 -0500
- From: Frank Mariak <fmariak@chaosengine.ping.de>
- To: Vince Giannini <giannini@ViaNet.on.ca>
- Subject: Re: CyberGraphix for Retina Z2 ???
-
- Vince Giannini schrieb in einer persoenlichen Nachricht ueber "CyberGraphix
- for Retina Z2 ???":
- > Greetings Frank!
- >
- > First, thank you for supporting the Amiga with your programming efforts.
- > It's amazing how many people have stuck it out with the Amiga,
- > particularly you programmers! :)
- >
- > My main objective in emailing you however, is to find out whether or not
- > a Retina Z2 driver will be written for CyberGFX?
- >
- well, it is planned for quite some time but is not on the high priority
- list actually.
-
- > I bought this card a few months ago, not realizing the CyberGFX Retina
- > driver was for the Z3 version only! :-/
- >
- well, too bad ......
-
- > Is there something wrong with the Retina Z2 as far as writing a
- > compatible driver for it? I ask because drivers for older, less capable
- > boards exist (i.e.C=2410, Domino), but not for the Retina Z2...
- >
- Well, RetinaZ2 is quite difficult do handle because it has no linear
- accessable memory.
-
- <SNIP>
-
- >>>--- END QUOTE ---<<<
-
- So there you have it....uhm....or not!? :) At least he didn't rule out
- the possibility and it's nice to know that a CGFX driver for the Z2
- Retina has ACTUALLY "been planned for quite some time" when so many
- people were saying it wasn't.
-
- Ciao 4 now, Vince.
-
-