| From: | Jonathan Hart |
| Date: | 20 Oct 2000 at 20:37:00 |
| Subject: | Dracula AD1972- Staring Gerald Carda (was Mediator (ELBOX) Vs. DCE) |
Hi there Eyetech
On 20-Oct-00, you wrote:
> Actually the agreement with Frank Mariak is entirely between DCE and him
> and nothing to do with Eyetech. It is (in my understanding) to allow him
> to be funded to produce the VooDoo driver, and DCE is the natural choice
> of 'sponsor' because they already pay him royalties for the CV64-2D, CVPPC
> & BVision. In my understanding Elbox have not offered to stump up any
> cash; but if they change their mind they can always sub licence the VooDoo
> from DCE on a per board basis just as we are doing for the Predator.
I thought the DCE board WAS the Predator, or to put it another way- the
G-Rex badged differently. So there's going to be three PCI busboards? [cue
joke]
So being based around the same feature connector on the PPC boards, you can
use the same drivers?
> But why else would you want a VooDoo card & driver if not to replace the
> BVision board ?
Upgrading graphics is fine, but what about upgrading the processor? I can't
be the only one who thinks that adding another processor as a PCI card is a
very messy way to upgrade your 1200- it would almost be a parody of the
hacky 1200 image in most peoples minds. What if you get it working and then
your old Phase5/DCE bridge card fails?
These PCI projects must be cheap to develop compared to a card like the
AmiJoe, and so more likely to make money, or surely a snappy G4 based
trapdoor card with a PCI bridge would've come out by now? And if this
feature-connecter were then compatible with the Phase5 design? Happy ever
after. ;)
All the best,
Quote carefully and read all ADMIN:README mails