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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 16:50:21 -0400
From: Timothy Miller <miller@techsource.com>
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To: Nuno Silva <nuno.silva@vgertech.com>
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Subject: Re: HARDWARE:Graphics Cards or TOE?
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Nuno Silva wrote:
> Timothy Miller wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
>> - flashable PROM so that boot code can be added for more platforms
>> - usable as the console on any platform that can take a PCI, AGP, or 
>> PCI-Express card
>> - downloadable schematic for the circuit board
>> - FPGA-based graphics engine so it's reprogrammable
>> - instructions on how to reprogram the FPGA, so it's hackable
> 
> 
> Something tells me that many people in this ml will hijack your 
> "video-output-device" and use it as a TOE over AGP/PCIe instead :-)

I intend that people should be able to buy this product and "hijack" it 
for uses I did not intend.  If they want to turn it into a network card, 
I'd think that was very cool.  :)

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