[coreboot] Video card bios project

[dove - railing]

On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 7:19 PM, dove - railing <doverailing at gmail.com>wrote:

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> On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 2:35 PM, Idwer Vollering <vidwer at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 2011/6/19 dove - railing <doverailing at gmail.com>:
>> > I have phoned Australia and spoke to an expert in Procon.com.au about 2
>> > times and corresponded via email.  Procon.com.au are wanting several
>> hundred
>> > dollars whether it's  my font or theirs.  This is not affordable.  I
>> don't
>> > know why vga bios is proprietary still and there is not any opensource
>> > alternatives.  Thus if some opensource enthusiast does it that would be
>> > great.  Coreboot project are doing main bios.  Similarly if it's done
>> for
>> > video card bios that would be tremendous.
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>> There's the Open Graphics Project:
>> http://wiki.opengraphics.org/tiki-index.php
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Graphics_Project
>> http://lists.duskglow.com/open-graphics/2010-September/012160.html
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> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.graphics.opengraphics/9324
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> It (developer production graphics board?) costs US$750 excluding shipping.
>  This is too expensive.
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> Regards
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> Meeku
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FYI

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Michael Dexter <dexter at linuxfund.org>
Date: Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 7:19 PM
Subject: Michael is no longer with Linux Fund Re: [coreboot] Video card bios
project
To: doverailing at gmail.com


Please contact David Mandel <dmandel at linuxfund.org> for any Linux
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