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All good, it was an interesting read! I just wanted to add that these days Matrox is a very specialized topic, especially on the broadcast/AV side
by fas_tm · Aug 31, 2026
I was just a teenager and enthusiastic LAN party participant back then, but also was learning the basics of 3d modeling, animation, and gamedev. The pre 3DFX era was kinda inter…
by jasonwatkinspdx · Aug 31, 2026
Oh my! Well, from faint 30-years-on recollection, it was the end of '96 so I guess I needed to save up for it. Thanks for the correction! Ordinary relatively cheap consumer Matr…
by lproven · Aug 31, 2026
That's Accelerated/X right. I had a Matrox Millennium card in my PC when I discovered Linux and remember trying that. Made a lot of difference.
by bzzzt · Aug 31, 2026
I didn’t know how spoiled I was as a teenager. My dad bought us a custom build pc from Ncal computers in Pleasanton CA. It had a matrox card, and we got a decent 17” monitor. I…
by matroxmemories · Aug 31, 2026
>Millennium no textures, alpha blending, transparency, bilinear filtering >Mystique ... transparency lookup table no alpha blending, transparency, bilinear filtering. "Transpare…
by rasz · Aug 31, 2026
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Matrox Graphics, Inc. is a producer of video card components and equipment for personal computers and workstations. Based in Dorval, Quebec, Canada, it was founded in 1976 by Lorne Trottier and Branko Matić. The name is derived from "Ma" in Matić and "Tro" in Trottier. Read more on Wikipedia