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Considering the install base of OS/2 and Linux, what could they have been thinking! ;^) I don't think I would state a video chipset is crummy for reasons listed below. Didn't someone on this list indicate that some flavor of Linux and/or X software supported NeoMagic? >>> "Paul Khoury" <pkhoury@loop.com> 05/07/98 12:35pm >>> >what is the difference between Trident and NeoMagic..?? > IMO, they're both crummy chips, but Trident has better OS/2, Linux, and Windows support. NeoMagic sucks IMHO, because it only has Windows support (and I think someone said OS/2 support). ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com **********************************************************************
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- To: ruby.lestari@vanderbilt.edu
- Subject: Re: TP600 has NeoMagic
- From: "Paul Khoury" <pkhoury@loop.com>
- Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 12:35:21 -0600
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On Thu, 07 May 1998 13:32:30 -0500, Lestari, Ruby wrote: >what is the difference between Trident and NeoMagic..?? > IMO, they're both crummy chips, but Trident has better OS/2, Linux, and Windows support. NeoMagic sucks IMHO, because it only has Windows support (and I think someone said OS/2 support). --Paul Khoury | <pkhoury@loop.com> | Sent from my ThinkPad 701CS The ThinkPad Assistant HTML can be accessed through links from http://pkhoury.dyn.ml.org Proudly running OS/2 2.1, OS/2 Warp 3/4 and Sun Solaris 2.4