From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Feb 4 00:02:41 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA04302 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 00:02:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cs.Technion.AC.IL (csa.cs.technion.ac.il [132.68.32.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA04294 for ; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 00:02:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nadav@cs.technion.ac.il) Received: from csd.csa (csd.cs.technion.ac.il [132.68.32.8]) by cs.Technion.AC.IL (8.9.0/8.9.0) with SMTP id KAA14376; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 10:04:07 +0200 (IST) Received: from localhost by csd.csa (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id KAA06378; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 10:03:56 +0200 Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 10:03:56 +0200 (IST) From: Nadav Eiron X-Sender: nadav@csd To: Mike Smith cc: Doug Ambrisko , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: USB drivers In-Reply-To: <199902031928.LAA08411@dingo.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Mike Smith wrote: > > Kevin Day writes: > > | This is done now. The Cyrix MediaGX series, as well as a few other cpu'ss > > | use a unified memory system, where video ram is pulled from system ram. > > > > I found it interesting that the Compaq laptop that used the MediaGX used > > a different chipset for video. I think they used a NeoMagic. I wonder > > why they did that since you would think it would be extra cost since the > > MediaGX can drive an LCD. Caveat, atleast this was true for the laptop > > I looked at. This stuffseems to change every month. > > Because the video in the MediaGX, to put it politely, _sucks_. DEC, RIP, used to have a desktop PC (called the 3010, IIRC) with a SiS chipset that uses a unified memory architecture. It was their first sub $1000 machine, and they probably did it to save costs. I never used one of these though. > > -- > \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith > \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au > \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org > \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > > Nadav To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message