Re: tdfx and DDC2

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Tim Roberts wrote:
> Michael wrote:
> 
>> I don't see why they should be enabled - they're PC-specific and even
>> with x86 emulation they would be pretty much useless since you're not
>> too likely to encounter a graphics board with PC firmware in a Mac ( or
>> other PowerPC boxes )
> 
> Wrong.  No hardware manufacturer in their right mind would build a
> Mac-only PCI graphics board, with the possible exception of Apple. 
> They're going to build a generic graphics board that works in a PC and
> by the way also works in a Mac.  Such a board will have a video BIOS.

That is 100% untrue.  Take *any* AGP or PCI card, with one* exception,
made for the Mac and it will not work in a PC.  Macs (and Suns and IBM
pSeries) use OpenFirmware (byte-code compiled Forth) and PCs use
compiled x86 for their respective firmwares.  Neither one works with the
other.

Some people have had limited success reflashing PC cards with Mac
firmware, but I don't think that counts.

* http://apps.ati.com/ir/PressReleaseText.asp?compid=105421&releaseI
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