Re: Voodoo 2 availability in the UK

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From: Mark Powell
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 00:00

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In article <388F6D44.2D1F69F3@clara.co.uk.SPANKYSPAM>,
Nick Hall  <vw-beetle@clara.co.uk.SPANKYSPAM> wrote:
>Mark Powell wrote:
>> 
>> I've got a 12MB Diamond Monster 3D II. I'd like to pick up another card
>> cheaply to SLI with this.
>
>Take a trip over to uk.adverts.computer.

Been. Nothing at the mo.

>>  Do I need exactly the same card or will any 12MB V2 do?
>
>To use the diamond drivers the cards have to be the same, but there are
>some drivers to allow non-matching cards to be SLIed.

I've never used Diamond drivers with it, only the 3DFX reference drivers.
What exactly are these "other" drivers?

>>  If it's a simple ribbon cable could I just make one up?
>
>Could do I spose. And I think it is just a short ribbon cable.

I've since found out that's in relatively easy to make one from a floppy
cable with proper twist in the middle.

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From: mark@salfrd.ac.uk (Mark Powell)
Subject: Re: Voodoo 2 availability in the UK
Date: 2000/01/27
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