PM Tech Bits

[Jul 27, 1999, 1:09 pm ET] - Post a Comment

Part two of Extreme Hardware's Voodoo 2 experiment is up, showing the results of getting mismatched V2 cards to work in SLI with a variety of different drivers.
Matrox has opened up their online store to European users, now allowing them to purchase other products including the Marvel G200-TV, Millennium G200, Rainbow Runner-G series, and others, in addition to those already available.
Joystick maker Thrustmaster has been sold to Guillemot, makers of the popular Xentor line of video cards for a whopping 15 million dollars, as detailed in this press release. In addition, Thrustmaster will no longer be manufacturing joysticks at all, as they plan to focus on "the significant opportunities in Internet community and communications." Thanks Well-Rounded Games for the tip.
AGN Hardware is reporting that IBM has announced a new high-volume storage system code-named "Shark" which can hold from 420 gigabytes of data, all the way up to 11 terabytes. Yowza.