Petition for Parhelia drivers for linux.

[magog]

One little update...
Scitech yesterday released a new SNAP version for OS/2 (2.3.0 beta) but the Matrox Parhelia support is still missing.

This version adds support for the VIA PN133 graphics chipset, zooming on some older Trident chipsets, and some GRADD updates.

Changelist:

http://www.scitechsoft.com/snap2_changes.txt

[albatorsk]

Originally posted by magog
One little update...
Scitech yesterday released a new SNAP version for OS/2 (2.3.0 beta) but the Matrox Parhelia support is still missing.

Oh, I wonder why.... It's amazing how a company can go from being one of the most developer friendly and with best supported hardware to completely closed and with the worst support in just 2 years.

edit: fyxed sum spalling errers.

[magog]

Originally posted by albatorsk
Oh, I wonder why.... It's amazing how a company can go from being one of the most developer friendly and with best supported hardware to completely closed and with the worst support in just 2 years.

Well, you name it.
SciTech got the Parhelia test board 1 year (Dec 2002; ~374 days) ago. Well this was slow (nearly half year after release of the product), but the problems to get a contract with Matrox about the specs was several times for /dev/null, so I took SciTech so long to get a driver ready.
I know they are working on it, but if they finish a first version before x-mas is still not sure. The team has also lost some developers after the dot com boom.
I think I'll will ask them in about a week about an x-mas present for me.

[Gerald_Maricau]

Re: Petition for Parhelia drivers for linux.

Originally posted by leech
Hey everybody (though I'm sure some of you already visit the Matrox Tech support forums.) go sign the petition for Parhelia drivers for linux.

http://www.petitiononline.com/linparh/petition.html

Leech

Today there are 238 signatures. The number of signatures are still growing. I want to put the text of the petition in other languages on my site http://maricau.dyndns.org . This is already done for the french version http://maricau.dyndns.org/fr

Give me some feedback and some help to translate it in other languages.
To sign the petition it's always on the same place
http://www.petitiononline.com/linparh/petition.html

[K6-III]

I just signed the petition.

[IM_Riktar]

Spend more money for something without drivers? This is getting crazy. This was just sent to me by those slick marketing types:

Pre-order the new Matrox Parhelia™ PCI boards from Shopmatrox.com
Be among the first to pre-order the new Matrox Parhelia PCI 256MB, ideal for PCI environments such as PCI workstations, servers, and Linux® platforms, or the Matrox Parhelia HR256 to drive your specialty high-resolution, multi-input, displays to their full potential. Pre-order today and Shopmatrox.com will pay the shipping*—our holiday gift to you.
*Limited time offer. See Shopmatrox.com for details.

http://www.matrox.com/mga/start/newsletter/dec_2003/shop.cfm