[iyonix-support] Re: A few points of interest

In message <3bf9fe584e.jb@xxxxxxxxxx>
          jb <jwb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Rom 5.12 will be a pay-for upgrade. It permits the use of nVidia
> graphics cards later than the GeForce 2 series. It also will 'start'
> both of the heads in a dual head card. It does not yet, unfortunately,
> start the DVI drivers if they are present, though the analogue output
> capabilities of the DVI connector are available.
> 
> Rom 5.12 does also include the USB2 driver in ROM, as previously
> intimated. This delays slightly the moment at which screen output
> appears, but speeds up the point at which the machine becomes usable as
> the USB stack starts with USB2 at the beginning, rather than needing
> to be restarted when USB2 is soft loaded.

Good news ... three questions pop into my head:

1. Will there be more than FX52 and USB2 in RISC OS 5.12?
   That is will it offer something new to me when I stick to my old
   nVidia card since I have USB2.

2. Can I simply buy a FX52 PCI card and use it or does it need to be
   a special one and/or need hardware mods?

3. Will the ROM 5.12 upgrade price depend on wether I have bought USB2?

Thanks!

-- 
Herbert

Herbert zur Nedden
German Archimedes Group http://www.gag.de

Herausgeber DER deutschen RISC OS-Zeitschrift.
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