On 8/30/06, Jon Smirl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 8/29/06, James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> We certainly don't want a lot of switches on the card.
You can work around the need for a switch. TV and DVI are on separate
output connectors. DVI has a presence signal on the connector (not
part of DDC, +5 on a pin) to tell if there is a monitor there or not.
If there is no DVI monitor attached the VBIOS then enables TV out. I
believe ATI/NV get around the NTSC/PAL issue by shipping different
versions of the VBIOS ROMs to the different markets.
You don't need the EEPROM if the main VBIOS is in flash. You just
change the default mode from VGA 640x480 to whatever you want and
reflash. The card will boot, look for DDC, find none, and the set the
default determined in the VBIOS.
ok thats fine for the geeks.
but i dont like to divide the computer world between the geeks and
none geeks. geeks like to be spoilt by easy to use hardware that
figure things out by themselves too right?
i would like me grandma to be able to run a data center too.
--
things i hate about my linux pc:
1. it takes more than a second to boot up
2. keeps asking about filenames and directories
3. does not remember what i was working on yesterday
4. does not remember all the changes i have ever made
5.cannot figure out necessary settings by itself
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