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Date:      Sun, 15 Feb 1998 06:16:33 -0500 (EST)
From:      Peter Dufault <dufault@hda.com>
To:        multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Cyrix MediaGX
Message-ID:  <199802151116.GAA16723@hda.hda.com>

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I'm looking to update six 8MB 486DX2-66 systems collecting data to
something with a bit more oomph. I bought one of the Cyrix MediaGX
moetherboards mainly for price - a 180Mhz motherboard with everything
and 32MB memory was about $280.00.

FreeBSD installs OK and it works fine for the intended use.

Though I didn't buy it for multimedia, xfree86 doesn't support it
other than 640x480 VGA16 (I'll try Poul's recent changes to get
800x600).

Before I buy five more does anyone want to comment on the MediaGX
- quality of the architecture, design wins in low end systems, ease
of working with Cyrix, possible future support under xfree, etc.

I did a bit of websearching and other than support under that Linux
"gg?" project I couldn't find out much.  Those hits implied typical
non-disclosure nonsense waived for Linux.  I found no pointers
to full technical docs at Cyrix, and Xinside doesn't currently
support it either.

Peter

-- 
Peter Dufault (dufault@hda.com)   Realtime development, Machine control,
HD Associates, Inc.               Safety critical systems, Agency approval

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