Hello Colin,

On Jan 11 01:25 in a msg to Graeme Willox, Colin Wheat of 3:690/613 wrote:

PL>> On the whole, do you think the ET6000 is worth it for a 
PL>> work machine card, or would it be better to go with the 
PL>> Matrox?
 > I am generally satisfied with the ET6000, but I've never used 
 > or heard of the Matrox before.  I think this question should 
 > have been directed to Colin Wheat.

 CW> Re the above quotes; I'd vote for the Matrox every time, but have
 CW> to say I've not yet run one for more than a brief period. The
 CW> CARDEX ET6000 card I'm running here is nice hardware, but the OS/2
 CW> drivers need a little work. Considering it's a new product (and new
 CW> drivers) they've not done a bad job, much better than we've seen in
 CW> the past from people like Diamond etc etc.

Thanks for the answer; BTW, how brief is brief? Was the drivers easy to set
up, or are there hoops to go through (I'm currently using a 968 Diamond,
and there were hoops, although it's now working well). Cardex in general
seems to make good cards, but Tseng drivers can also be interesting. :)

 CW> Also the fact that the ET6000 is almost exactly half the cost of
 CW> the Matrox Millenium (both with 2MB) may be a factor in the
 CW> equation.

Of course time has to be factored into it; if one is a real hassle to set
up, I'd prefer not to get involved. I understand that there are two ET6000
around, one with 90MHz chip, and the other with 100MHz chip, which
supposedly only comes with the 4Mb cards.

Cheers,
Poe

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