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From: penev@rockefeller.edu (Penio Penev)
Subject: Re: Diamond Products Boycot?
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On Fri, 23 Apr 1993 07:01:17 GMT Markfried Fellensiek (ins413j@mdw056.cc.monash.edu.au) wrote:

| If you're considering buying a system, with a view to using
| it to run Unix (Linux, bsd, etc...) or some other special software,
| there is a good chance that it WILL NOT WORK with the Diamond cards.
| This is due to Diamond's propriety attitude to it's hardware:
| it's impossible to get free information from them about their chips 
| (specifically their dot-clocks) without paying, and signing non-disclosure
| agreements.

| This made it impossible for the Free Software Foundation to provide
| X-Windows compatibility with these cards, as diamond didn't want to 
| divulge programming neccessities.

Considering the above, and some postings about Diamond's bad attitute
towars customers, I ordered and ActixGE+ VLB 2M card. It will arive
these days.

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Penio Penev  x7423 (212)327-7423 (w) Internet: penev@venezia.rockefeller.edu

Disclaimer: All oppinions are mine.
