[Open-graphics] Announcing our news

[mykrowatt at comcast.net]

Sounds like the right sort of approach.  Spelling and grammar need to ve
cleaned up.


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From: Josephblack <josephhenryblack at gmail.com>
> snip
> 
> > To me, the big news is that there is an actual prototype board.
> > That is a significant milestone.  And it shows that the project
> > is making real progress.
> >
> > To me, it is a bit early to be drumming up interest in purchasing
> > the board.  Don't want to be accused of vaporware.  Perhaps we can
> > drum up interest in assisting the project.
> >
> > Maybe something like
> >
> >         The Open Graphics Project has completed a prototype
> >         of the OGD1 development board.
> >
> >         <brief description of the OGD1>
> >
> >         More information, including photographs of the
> >         prototype board, can be found at <URL>,
> >
> > Depending on the audience, you might want to include a brief description
> > of the OGP, including the goal of a OGC board.
> 
> ok.. As one guy mentioned off list, some people don't appreciate the
> time it takes to design  hardware. Lets try mxing all the ideas
> together.. the target being those interested in our project or its
> progress.
> 
> how about
> -----------
> The Open Graphics Project has released the first photographs of the
> prototype OGD1 development board.
> 
> This Xilinx Spartan-3 XC3S4000 FPGA-based development board also
> includes the (relatively) smaller Lattice Semiconductor XP10 FPGA for
> PCI, two DVI head Video output, and an IDC plug compatable output. The
> Production board will also include Video Out.
> 
> After completion of testing, this development platform will be sold by
> Traversal the company founded by members of the project and used by
> the Open Graphics Project to develop a variety of open architecture
> hardware products, particularly a new graphics processor.
> 
> More information, including photographs of the prototype board, can be found at
> http://wiki.duskglow.com/tiki-index.php?page=OGPN17
> 
> 
> 
> we then add to the ODG1page:
> *************
> Those who purchase this Xilinx Spartan-3 XC3S4000 FPGA FPGA-based
> development with the (relatively) smaller Lattice Semiconductor XP10
> FPGA from Traversal are expected to be provided with a library of
> reference logic for
> use in their designs, including controllers for memory, PCI, video,
> and SPI.   Source code to the reference logic is available under
> a variety of licenses, including the GNU General Public License. The
> Sparten can be programmed via JTAG Header or PCI with code compiled
> using the free tool by and Xilinx [1].The XP10 comes preloaded with
> logic code for PCI [2] which is currently under development.
> 
> [1]
> http://direct.xilinx.com/direct/webpack/63/WebPACK_63_fcfull_i.exe
> [Requires login]
> [2]
> Programming the XP10 device currently requires purchased versions of
> ispLEVER which you can find at their online store:
> http://www.latticesemi.com/store/software.cfm
> ***********
> 
> hmm?
> :-)
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