Jon Smirl wrote: <SNIP>
The kind of people likely to buy this card would just plug in another graphics card [if they had a problem with their system]
No, we are designing this for the masses not just Linux geeks.
if they were having trouble with their system BIOS. Some may even run LinuxBIOS and modify it to use the card. Lack of VGA can be worked around if it is a lot of trouble to build the electronics supporting it. Note that Macs don't support VGA. Just let the machine boot headless until the OS driver loads, or write a version of GRUB that can talk to the card.
Mac MotherBoards do something different.
The Voodoo cards only function in 3D mode. You have to have a VGA card in the system too. I believe they daisy chain the video cables so that a single monitor works. You plug the VGA output into the Voodoo and then run video out from the Voodoo to the monitor. When the Voodoo card first boots it is passive and the video passes through.
Yes, and it was a kludge that degraded the VGA signal.
VGA cards can be had for under under $25, daisy chaining may be something to consider.
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