Re: tdfx and DDC2

   The NVIDIA Mac boards I've seen are Mac only.  They won't even plug
into a PC because the connector is different.  It's like PCI, but has
and extra power tab to drive the Apple Display Connector.  None of
those boards have a PC BIOS; they have OpenFirmware fcode.

   I think most hardware manufacturers prefer an incompatible
board for the Mac.  It means you can charge more for them, which
you need to do because you need to cover the cost of the software
developement for the lower volume PowerPC market.


			Mark.

On Tue, 30 Aug 2005, 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.
>
> I suppose you might find a board with a Mac-only SKU that does not stuff
> the BIOS chip.
>
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> Tim Roberts, [email protected]
> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
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