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From: Roland Nagtegaal <roland@tschai.demon.nl>
To : ggi-develop@eskimo.com <ggi-develop@eskimo.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 10:56:49 +0200
[Fwd: ANN: SciTech Display Doctor for Linux Beta]
Kendall Bennett wrote:
>
> Dear Linux Aficionado,
>
> SciTech is readying the first release of SciTech Display Doctor for
> Linux!
cool!
Q1: Can I use it as a driver for XFREE86 ?
Q2: What about GGI?
Q3: What about support for anything else than intel x86 ?
> [ ] I am not affiliated with a company that develops display drivers
Q3: Lots of people on the GGI project are developing drivers, but under
LGPL,
so, does that count or not?
> I hereby certify that the information I provided above is true and
> correct and I agree to be bound by the terms of SciTech's beta
> license agreement.
Q4: What would I agree to?
Q5: Where can I read this license agreement?
From:
"Kendall Bennett" <KendallB@scitechsoft.com>
Sun 23:12
Subject:
Re: ANN: SciTech Display Doctor for Linux Beta
To:
roland@tschai.demon.nl
Hi,
Thanks for your interested in the SciTech Display Doctor for Linux
beta. The beta release is not ready at this time as we are building
the list of interested parties ready for the beta release. We hope to
have
the beta release ready in the next 1-2 weeks, and we will send you more
information at that time.
Since many of you are most likely wondering exactly what SDD for
Linux is (see we were deliberately vague in our announcement), this
is what is in store for you:
. Support for every display mode imaginable (320x240/400x300/512x384
low res game modes up to 2048x1536 regular and 2048x1152 HDTV 16:9
aspect ratio modes).
. Complete, generic refresh rate control and display mode centering. .
Full 2D hardware acceleration support for just about every chip on
the planet.
. Direct fullscreen console graphics libraries available using the
SciTech MGL or SuperVGA Kit graphics libraries.
. XFree86 driver running on top of our drivers, fully accelerated.
Planned features that may make it into the first Linux release:
. SVGALib wrapper to run SVGALib games like Quake using our display
modes and device support.
. fbcon console driver support using our display drivers.
. Full multi-head support using any old PCI graphics card (up to 8
in one system!).
. Full support for both hardware and software stereo LC shutter
glasses, with complete refresh rate control support (> 120Hz!).
Planned features for future versions:
. GGI/KGI driver so that GGI can utilise SDD device support
technology.
. Full 3D hardware accelertion via our native SciTech Nucleus API
and via OpenGL (based on Mesa).
Best Regards,
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Hi,
Thanks for your interested in the SciTech Display Doctor for Linux
beta. The beta release is not ready at this time as we are building
the list of interested parties ready for the beta release. We hope to have
the beta release ready in the next 1-2 weeks, and we will send you more
information at that time.
Since many of you are most likely wondering exactly what SDD for
Linux is (see we were deliberately vague in our announcement), this
is what is in store for you:
. Support for every display mode imaginable (320x240/400x300/512x384
low res game modes up to 2048x1536 regular and 2048x1152 HDTV 16:9
aspect ratio modes).
. Complete, generic refresh rate control and display mode centering. .
Full 2D hardware acceleration support for just about every chip on
the planet.
. Direct fullscreen console graphics libraries available using the
SciTech MGL or SuperVGA Kit graphics libraries.
. XFree86 driver running on top of our drivers, fully accelerated.
Planned features that may make it into the first Linux release:
. SVGALib wrapper to run SVGALib games like Quake using our display
modes and device support.
. fbcon console driver support using our display drivers.
. Full multi-head support using any old PCI graphics card (up to 8
in one system!).
. Full support for both hardware and software stereo LC shutter
glasses, with complete refresh rate control support (> 120Hz!).
Planned features for future versions:
. GGI/KGI driver so that GGI can utilise SDD device support
technology.
. Full 3D hardware accelertion via our native SciTech Nucleus API
and via OpenGL (based on Mesa).
Best Regards,
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| Director of Engineering | Phone: (530) 894 8400 |
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