Eyetech Group Ltd of the UK has become the
first company to sublicence this driver technology from DCE for
use in their shortly-to-be-released Predator PCI/AGP expansion
bus boards for the A1200 and A4000. Alan Redhouse, Managing
Director of Eyetech said "I am delighted that we have been
able to come to this arrangement with DCE, and via them with VFD
to bring the unrestricted capability of VFD's VooDoo drivers to
our Predator range of Amiga PCI/AGP/G3/G4 expansion boards.
Moreover by sharing the cost of the core routines with DCE
- and possibly other manufacturers still to be named - we have
come significantly below the allocated budget for the PCI
graphics drivers thus enabling us to give even better value to
purchasers of the G-Rex or Predator expansion bus."
This new announcement follows on from last weeks news that DCE
Computer Service of Oberhausen, Germany has entered into a
master contract with VFD for the continued development and
distribution of Cybergraphics VooDoo graphics card drivers for
the Amiga.
Frank Mariak, Managing Director of VFD, commented: "We have
always had a close working relationship with DCE, writing and
maintaining the drivers shipped with their (formerly phase 5's)
CyberVision 64-3D, CyberVisionPPC and BVision graphics cards.
Last weeks agreement - although widely misunderstood on the
mailing lists - was to ensure that the extensive development
work necessary to provide Voodoo graphics card drivers for
DCE's G-Rex board was properly funded. It was never envisaged
that this family of drivers would be be restricted to just the
G-Rex product line, and this new agreement with Eyetech for
porting them to the Predator family is proof of that strategy."
Thomas Dellert of DCE added "We have had a long standing
business relationship with Eyetech, and although we compete with
them on certain of our products - including certain models of
their Predator and our G-Rex expansion boards - I am pleased
that we have been able to strike a deal with the VooDoo driver
software which will be beneficial to both G-Rex and Predator
customers. Of course the work involved needs to be paid for -
and hence licences must be bought, not given away. However the
G-Rex and Predator busboards are by no means the only ones for
which the VooDoo driver technology is relevant, and we are
willing to discuss licencing terms with any other manufacturers
who might be interested."
For further information contact:
Alan M Redhouse
Managing Director
Eyetech Group Ltd
The Old Bank
12 West Green
Stokesley, North Yorkshire
TS9 5BB UK
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