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- From: evan@telly.on.ca (Evan Leibovitch)
- Subject: Re: What is the fastest 80x86 SVR4 X window hardware?
- Organization: Somewhere just far enough out of Toronto
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 20:30:58 GMT
- Message-ID: <2AAFB083.341D@telly.on.ca>
- References: <1992Sep8.162409.19441@tropix.uucp> <BuB644.GCw@gator.rn.com> <1992Sep9.153201.18582@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>
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- In article <1992Sep9.153201.18582@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>
- dwex@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (david.e.wexelblat) writes:
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- >In article <BuB644.GCw@gator.rn.com> larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder) writes:
- >> jdc@tropix.uucp (Jim Cronin) writes:
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- >A big piece of the puzzle is "do you want free X, with source?"
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- Another piece is "do you need a commercial GUI"? I don't think XFree86
- comes with Motif or Open Look.
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- >If free software is not a concern, and you are still shopping for an SVR4,
- >then the Dell option with the ATI Ultra is probably your best bet. For
- >other SVR4s, there are two commecial options: SGCS and MetroLink. Thomas
- >Roell, the author of X386 (the X server in X11R5) is part of SGCS. He
- >also put together Dell's package. For those in the know, this speaks volumes.
- >MetroLink has been selling commercial X longer, and has support for some
- >truly high-end hardware. Here's some contact information:
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- ESIX also includes, as part of its GUI package, a server for the 8514/A,
- as well as the ATI SVGA chipset. This package also includes Motif, Open
- Look, and X.Desktop, and has a list price of US$380.
-
- The beginning of September ATI announced a number of changes to its
- line. There are two new cards out, the Ultra Pro and Ultra Plus, which
- are even faster than the current cards, and priced lower than the old
- cards were. The existing line, including the 8514/Ultra, the Graphics
- Ultra and the Graphics Vantage, have all been slashed in price. Expect
- prices for the 8514/Ultra to drop to a street price of under $300.
- --
- Evan Leibovitch, Sound Software Ltd., located in beautiful Brampton, Ontario
- evan@telly.on.ca / uunet!utzoo!telly!evan / (416) 452-0504
- "This Used To Be My Playground" -- Madonna, singing about mens' washrooms
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