Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 10:03:56 +0200 (IST) From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@cs.technion.ac.il> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko@whistle.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: USB drivers Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95-heb-2.07.990204100230.5480B-100000@csd> In-Reply-To: <199902031928.LAA08411@dingo.cdrom.com>
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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
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