see what i got as a reply from ati:
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- To: "'Erez Doron'" <erez@savan.com>
- Subject: RE: linux support for ati agp ?
- From: Marketing <marketing@atitech.com>
- Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1998 19:00:15 -0400
It has been brought to our attention that you are interested in having our ATI TV cards run on the Linux operating system. At this time, the developer relations department at ATI does not have any development information for the TV Tuner available for other OS such as Linux or OS/2. Some of the hardware used in the ATI TV Tuner is licensed from third parties, and it would be illegal for us to distribute development information. Also, the register spec for interfacing with the card is extremely complicated and also changes frequently but more importantly it is considered as confidential information. The developer relations department at ATI is however aware that there is demand for this and the importance of supporting the growing Linux community. They are currently looking into the possibility of working with some strategic Linux developers in providing this support. However, we have not been given a date of when or if this will take place. If support is offered, the developer relations group we will announce this in the appropriate newsgroups. If you want to address the ATI developer relations group directly they can be reached by the following ways. They can be reached @ 905-882-2600 ex.#6000 or @ their email address of devrel@atitech.ca. Check out our web page at http://www.atitech.com/resource_centre/dev_rel/index.html for the developer support section. > ---------- > From: Erez Doron[SMTP:erez@savan.com] > Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 1998 12:04 PM > To: marketing@atitech.ca > Subject: linux support for ati agp ? > > Dear Sirs > > I'm looking for a driver for using the ati-agp display card on my > linux > system. > do you have such a driver ? > or should i go to the supplier and return the ati card and get a card > that is supported ? > > Thanks > Erez Doron > Network Administrator > Savan Communications Ltd. >
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