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- From: ellis@nova.gmi.edu (Stew Ellis)
- Subject: Re: X386 and Diamond Stealth: not solution
- Message-ID: <ellis.715622169@nova>
- Sender: news@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Mr. News)
- Organization: GMI Engineering&Management Institute, Flint, MI
- References: <Bu04w2.2u3@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de> <9460@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> <l0lnhhf.hasty@netcom.com>
- Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 15:56:09 GMT
- Lines: 54
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- hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) writes:
-
- >In article <9460@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> sb@next.neuro.emory.edu writes:
- >>>
- >>> I had just made up my mind to buy a Diamond Stealth when I heared about
- >>all
- >>> this trouble. Well, I am looking for cards from other vendors now.
- >>> So maybe you should give them a list of people who are _not_ going to
- >>buy a
- >>> card from them, unless they change their policy.
- >>> If you are doing so feel free to put my name on it.
- >>> --
- >>> Andreas Klingler
- >>> asklingl@informatik.uni-erlangen.de
- >>> I'd love to help you out... Which way did you come in?
- >>
- >>
- >> I was just about to buy a Diamond Stealth also, but not now that
- >>I've heard about diamond's uncooperative attitudes. With the rate
- >>that technology changes these days, you'd think that companies
- >>couldn't afford these kinds of policies.
- >It would help a lot if people would call up Diamond and express
- >politly their opinion. For instance, I explained to a Diamond
- >marketing person why I was taking my Stealth back - I can't
- >write an X11R5 device driver to your card because you use
- >a propieratory mechanism for setting the clock values on the Stealth.
-
- >Also, be aware that future Diamonds svga cards not just the Stealth
- >will not be supported by X386 due to their new novel way of setting
- >the clock values.
-
- >So call or write to Diamond, if you want to enjoy Diamond products.
-
- >From my view, Diamond's strategy poses a bad precedence.
-
- >Amancio Hasty
-
- >>
- >>
- >>
- >> Steve Berger (sb@onripx.neuro.emory.edu)
-
-
- The guys who have been maintaining X386 for commercial SYSVR4 (Wexelblat,
- Dawes, etc.) are collecting such statements which they are sharing with
- Diamond. I just read the message from Wexelblat on comp.os.linux. The
- mailing address is:
- diamond@physics.su.oz.au
-
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- Humanities & Social Science, GMI Eng.& Mgmt. Inst. / / / / / /
- Flint, MI 48504 ellis@nova.gmi.edu /________/ / / / /
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