Re: Question about Sirius Genlock

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Sylvain Mayer (mayer++at++cae.ca)
Thu, 14 Oct 1999 14:53:29 -0400

Angus Dorbie wrote:

> Yep, I have used the glide + mesa combo on my home voodoo2 system. I was hoping for more
> of a bundle from the vendor though.
>
> Is the genlock automatic if you wire it up or does it need driver support. I would have
> expected that you need some kind of driver support which wouldn't be there in the generic
> 3Dfx driver, which is why vendor support is comforting.

The genlock is automatic on NT because of the Q3D driver. On Linux, it won't do anything
else more than a low-end Voodoo2 card (other vendor than Q3D). I haven't talked yet with
Q3D about Linux support.

regards, Sylvain
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