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Article #87Re: NeoMagic Drivers
From: Ray Loyzaga
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 00:00
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 00:00
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Mark Vojkovich wrote: > > Without documentation on how to do the bankswitching you're not > going to be able to see more than 64K of videomemory. Without > docs for setting up a linearly addressable, memory mapped > framebuffer, you won't be able to get high/true color support. > > NeoMagic has not released any documentation to XFree and > XFree has given up asking. > > Mark. In response to this I have posted the following to info@neomagic.com This is just a short note to inform you that due to your company's lack of support for the XFree project, I will be forced to ensure that no laptops are purchased that include your chipsets. Ray Loyzaga Network Manager Computer Science University of Sydney I encourage others to do the same.
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