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by **James Hirscho** » Wed, 01 May 1996 04:00:00

I have heard that the Matrox Millenium is not currently supported by the
latest X-server with the slackware distribution, but that there are
commercial versions of Linux which support it. Any information on this
would be appreciated.

Thank You,
James
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by **Kai Leibrand** » Thu, 02 May 1996 04:00:00

> I have heard that the Matrox Millenium is not currently supported by the
> latest X-server with the slackware distribution, but that there are
> commercial versions of Linux which support it. Any information on this
> would be appreciated.

> Thank You,
> James
> .

Have a look at http://www.xinside.com/ and http://www.matrox.com.
AcceleratedX (from xinside) also ships with the new Caldera
(http://www.caldera.com). I use a Millenium 4Mb with AcceleratedX and am
extremely happy with it.
Seperately, the X server from Xinside is $99 I think (that's what I paid
about half a year ago), so you may as well buy Caldera for the same
money, and get a ton of goodies with it...

Kai.
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by **Rick Forriste** » Thu, 02 May 1996 04:00:00

> I have heard that the Matrox Millenium is not currently supported by the
> latest X-server with the slackware distribution, but that there are
> commercial versions of Linux which support it. Any information on this
> would be appreciated.

> Thank You,
> James
> .

Just send $99.00US and a boxtop from your favorite Linux distribution
to http://www.xinside.com/. 8^).
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by **Michael Carric** » Fri, 03 May 1996 04:00:00

> Have a look at http://www.xinside.com/ and http://www.matrox.com
> AcceleratedX (from xinside) also ships with the new Caldera
> (http://www.caldera.com). I use a Millenium 4Mb with AcceleratedX and am
> extremely happy with it.
> Seperately, the X server from Xinside is $99 I think (that's what I paid
> about half a year ago), so you may as well buy Caldera for the same
> money, and get a ton of goodies with it...

> Kai.

TRUE STORY. I am running Caldera with my millenium (Gateway 2000 oem?) card.
It is also true that you get a lot with Caldera, but Caldera owners looking
for help from Xinside can save themselves a call and some hurt feelings
by NOT calling. Those people are VERY RUDE to even the politest inquiries
from Caldera owners.

I will not soon forget their snub when I BUY a commercial X !!

by **Kai Leibrand** » Sat, 04 May 1996 04:00:00

<SNIP>
> > Seperately, the X server from Xinside is $99 I think (that's what I paid
> > about half a year ago), so you may as well buy Caldera for the same
> > money, and get a ton of goodies with it...

> > Kai.

<SNIP>
> It is also true that you get a lot with Caldera, but Caldera owners looking
> for help from Xinside can save themselves a call and some hurt feelings
> by NOT calling. Those people are VERY RUDE to even the politest inquiries
> from Caldera owners.

<SNIP>

Well I guess I'm lucky there because i had my Xaccel before I bought
Caldera - so I do get support direct from them.
Unlucky for others I guess but they should be able to get support from
Caldera as it says in their booklet.

Kai.
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by **Thomas Roe** » Sun, 05 May 1996 04:00:00

> > Have a look at http://www.xinside.com/ and http://www.matrox.com
> > AcceleratedX (from xinside) also ships with the new Caldera
> > (http://www.caldera.com). I use a Millenium 4Mb with AcceleratedX and am
> > extremely happy with it.
> > Seperately, the X server from Xinside is $99 I think (that's what I paid
> > about half a year ago), so you may as well buy Caldera for the same
> > money, and get a ton of goodies with it...

> > Kai.

> TRUE STORY. I am running Caldera with my millenium (Gateway 2000 oem?) card.
> It is also true that you get a lot with Caldera, but Caldera owners looking
> for help from Xinside can save themselves a call and some hurt feelings
> by NOT calling. Those people are VERY RUDE to even the politest inquiries
> from Caldera owners.

Sorry, but this is completely correct. Caldera has OEMed Accelerated-X 1.2
and is doing support for this product by themselfts. So is BSDI. Your
point of contact is Caldera and not X Inside. If you buy Accelerated-X
directly from X Inside, then you'll get the prime support. Guess this
explains part of the price-difference ...

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by **TLC** » Mon, 06 May 1996 04:00:00

Anyone have any luck with the Matrox MGA Millenium Card? Any tips?

by **dbewl** » Tue, 07 May 1996 04:00:00

: Sorry, but this is completely correct. Caldera has OEMed Accelerated-X 1.2
: and is doing support for this product by themselfts. So is BSDI. Your
: point of contact is Caldera and not X Inside. If you buy Accelerated-X
: directly from X Inside, then you'll get the prime support. Guess this
: explains part of the price-difference ...
:
: - Thomas

If it is an OEM is there anything missing at all?

I'm thinking about ordering it today. All I need is acceleratedX,
but if I can get the Caldera goodies with it for the same price...

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by **Rick Forriste** » Tue, 07 May 1996 04:00:00

[snip]
> > TRUE STORY. I am running Caldera with my millenium (Gateway 2000 oem?) card.
> > It is also true that you get a lot with Caldera, but Caldera owners looking
> > for help from Xinside can save themselves a call and some hurt feelings
> > by NOT calling. Those people are VERY RUDE to even the politest inquiries
> > from Caldera owners.

> Sorry, but this is completely correct. Caldera has OEMed Accelerated-X 1.2
> and is doing support for this product by themselfts. So is BSDI. Your
> point of contact is Caldera and not X Inside. If you buy Accelerated-X
> directly from X Inside, then you'll get the prime support. Guess this
> explains part of the price-difference ...

> - Thomas

> --
> Denver Office THOMAS ROELL /\ Das Reh springt hoch,
> +1(303)298-7478 X INSIDE INC / \/\ das Reh springt weit,
> 1801 Broadway, Suite 1710 / \ \/\ was soll es tun,

Thomas, It's both true and fail to redirect requests for support to the
oem supplier, Caldera. You might want to check into your support dept,
though; the poster of "TRUE STORY" sounded more like a complaint of
rudeness rather than non support. Courtesy is an inexpensive commodity
that build markets, too.

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by **Algot Runebj?** » Thu, 16 May 1996 04:00:00

>> Have a look at http://www.xinside.com/ and http://www.matrox.com
>> AcceleratedX (from xinside) also ships with the new Caldera
>> (http://www.caldera.com). I use a Millenium 4Mb with AcceleratedX and am
>> extremely happy with it.
>> Seperately, the X server from Xinside is $99 I think (that's what I paid
>> about half a year ago), so you may as well buy Caldera for the same
>> money, and get a ton of goodies with it...

>TRUE STORY. I am running Caldera with my millenium (Gateway 2000 oem?) card.
>It is also true that you get a lot with Caldera, but Caldera owners looking
>for help from Xinside can save themselves a call and some hurt feelings
>by NOT calling. Those people are VERY RUDE to even the politest inquiries
>from Caldera owners.
>I will not soon forget their snub when I BUY a commercial X !!

I think Metrolinks X-server is the only other X-server there is?
But does it support the MGA Millenium? As far as I can see it only
supports the older MGA cards. Anyone got information on that?

by **S. Newhous** » Fri, 17 May 1996 04:00:00

> >> Have a look at http://www.xinside.com/ and http://www.matrox.com
> >> AcceleratedX (from xinside) also ships with the new Caldera
> >> (http://www.caldera.com). I use a Millenium 4Mb with AcceleratedX and am
> >> extremely happy with it.
> >> Seperately, the X server from Xinside is $99 I think (that's what I paid
> >> about half a year ago), so you may as well buy Caldera for the same
> >> money, and get a ton of goodies with it...

> >TRUE STORY. I am running Caldera with my millenium (Gateway 2000 oem?) card.
> >It is also true that you get a lot with Caldera, but Caldera owners looking
> >for help from Xinside can save themselves a call and some hurt feelings
> >by NOT calling. Those people are VERY RUDE to even the politest inquiries
> >from Caldera owners.

> >I will not soon forget their snub when I BUY a commercial X !!

> I think Metrolinks X-server is the only other X-server there is?
> But does it support the MGA Millenium? As far as I can see it only
> supports the older MGA cards. Anyone got information on that?

MetroX works fine with the Matrox, but it is slower than Accelerated-X
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by **Algot Runebj?** » Mon, 20 May 1996 04:00:00

>> Have a look at http://www.xinside.com/ and http://www.matrox.com
>> AcceleratedX (from xinside) also ships with the new Caldera
>> (http://www.caldera.com). I use a Millenium 4Mb with AcceleratedX and am
>> extremely happy with it.
>> Seperately, the X server from Xinside is $99 I think (that's what I paid
>> about half a year ago), so you may as well buy Caldera for the same
>> money, and get a ton of goodies with it...
>TRUE STORY. I am running Caldera with my millenium (Gateway 2000 oem?) card.
>It is also true that you get a lot with Caldera, but Caldera owners looking
>for help from Xinside can save themselves a call and some hurt feelings
>by NOT calling. Those people are VERY RUDE to even the politest inquiries
>from Caldera owners.
>I will not soon forget their snub when I BUY a commercial X !!

If tou want to choose another X-server I suppose the only one there is
is Metrolinks, but that doesn't seem to support the MGA Millenium,
just the older MGA cards. Anyone got information on that?

by **Alex** » Thu, 23 May 1996 04:00:00

Quote:>>I will not soon forget their snub when I BUY a commercial X !!

>If tou want to choose another X-server I suppose the only one there is
>is Metrolinks, but that doesn't seem to support the MGA Millenium,
>just the older MGA cards. Anyone got information on that?

I am running the Metro X that came with Redhat 3.0.3 on my home machine with
a matrox MGA millenium and it works fine.

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