Hi OSF/1 managers,
My original question:
>
> I was told by ATI Technologies Inc. that they sold the Mach64
> ATI210888GX chip to DEC. DEC then put the chip in their circuit board on
> the Alpha box. Is that true? If yes, is the graphic card shipped by
> DEC different from the one sold by ATI Technologies ? I hope that I can
> hear a reply from DEC.
>
>
> The reason I am asking this question is that we have bought an
> Alphastation 200 and we also ordered the graphic card Mach64 (with
> ATI210888GX chip) from ATI directly. We are trying to make the graphic
> card work with the Alpha box. We spent the last few days trying without
> any luck. Any suggestion is welcome.
>
The following is taken from a reply from DEC:
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PRODUCT: AlphaStation 200 Systems (Mustang)
SOURCE: Digital Equipment Corporation
The ATI MACH64 option (with 210888"CX"00 accelerator and STD1702 RAMDAC
chips) has been qualified for use on the AlphaStation 200 4/100 "Mustang
LX".
The Digital UNIX v3.2 X-Server/driver was specifically developed
for the following ATI product:
WinBoost (mach64 CX, 2MB PCI)
Note: No other ATI graphics cards will operation with Digital UNIX
v3.2.
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I received reply shortly after the posting and I really
appreciate their help. The following is a list of users I need
to say thanks:
From: "Michael R. Kline" <mike_at_lib.utexas.edu>
From: golden_at_falcon.invincible.com
From: Peter Clark <pclark_at_linda.pclark.com>
From: lampert_at_alf.dec.com
From: "Dr. Tom Blinn, 603-881-0646" <tpb_at_zk3.dec.com>
--Sunny Siu
Unix system admin., ACS
University of Texas at Arlington
siu_at_uta.edu
Received on Tue Oct 03 1995 - 23:39:15 NZDT