Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 15:12:27 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: marc@immersive.com Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptops? Message-ID: <199512280442.PAA01086@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199512280225.SAA15762@blob.best.net> from "Marc de Groot" at Dec 27, 95 06:25:26 pm
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Marc de Groot stands accused of saying: > > > > Active matrix SVGA -- with PCI bus. Must be fast! > > > > You sure you want a laptop with a PCI bus (not that I've ever seen one)? > > What will you plug into it? :-) > > > This is a PCI bus without a slot, and it's for the processor-to-VGA data path. So probably not a real PCI bus at all, but just a direct mapping of the display into the processor address space, somewhat like what used to be called "VLB video" back when VLB was all the rage. > Marc de Groot | Immersive Systems, Inc. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[
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