SciTech All Gone????

I know that SciTech was trying to sell the SNAP driver package, but have 
not heard any confirmation that it was actually done.

I usually/often click on their NewsGroup just to see if there are any 
interesting comment/questions.  But, the last few days, the site is not 
responding at all.  Likewise their www.scitechsoft.com site is also 
timing out.

Just looking for confirmation that this lack of response is not my 
problem.  And, if there is any news of the disposition of SNAP, that 
would probably be of interest to more folks than just me.

-- 
TIA,

Hi Carl

Carl Gehr wrote:
> I know that SciTech was trying to sell the SNAP driver package, but have 
> not heard any confirmation that it was actually done.
> 
> I usually/often click on their NewsGroup just to see if there are any 
> interesting comment/questions.  But, the last few days, the site is not 
> responding at all.  Likewise their www.scitechsoft.com site is also 
> timing out.
> 


Website still there; so is the ng - not that there have been any posts 
lately  :-)


> Just looking for confirmation that this lack of response is not my 
> problem.  And, if there is any news of the disposition of SNAP, that 
> would probably be of interest to more folks than just me.
> 


I think the current and possibly future situation is: If your graphics 
chipset is supported by SNAP then great if not give the Panorama driver 
available from the Betazone (Subscription Only Section) a go.


Some comment/confirmation from those in charge at eCS would be of 
interest though.


Regards

Peter Brown wrote:
> Hi Carl
> 
> Carl Gehr wrote:
>> I know that SciTech was trying to sell the SNAP driver package, but 
>> have not heard any confirmation that it was actually done.
>>
>> I usually/often click on their NewsGroup just to see if there are any 
>> interesting comment/questions.  But, the last few days, the site is 
>> not responding at all.  Likewise their www.scitechsoft.com site is 
>> also timing out.
>>
> 
> 
> Website still there; so is the ng - not that there have been any posts 
> lately  :-)
> 
> 
>> Just looking for confirmation that this lack of response is not my 
>> problem.  And, if there is any news of the disposition of SNAP, that 
>> would probably be of interest to more folks than just me.
>>
> 
> 
> I think the current and possibly future situation is: If your graphics 
> chipset is supported by SNAP then great if not give the Panorama driver 
> available from the Betazone (Subscription Only Section) a go.
> 
> 
> Some comment/confirmation from those in charge at eCS would be of 
> interest though.
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Pete
Strange!  I tried both, less than a couple of minutes before writing the 
question.  Both timed out.  Of course, now they are back.

No word, though, on any sale of the SNAP technology????

Carl Gehr wrote:
> Peter Brown wrote:
>> Hi Carl
>>
>> Carl Gehr wrote:
>>> I know that SciTech was trying to sell the SNAP driver package, but

>>> have not heard any confirmation that it was actually done.
>>>
>>> I usually/often click on their NewsGroup just to see if there are
any 
>>> interesting comment/questions.  But, the last few days, the site is

>>> not responding at all.  Likewise their www.scitechsoft.com site is

>>> also timing out.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Website still there; so is the ng - not that there have been any posts

>> lately  :-)
>>
>>
>>> Just looking for confirmation that this lack of response is not my

>>> problem.  And, if there is any news of the disposition of SNAP,
that 
>>> would probably be of interest to more folks than just me.
>>>
>>
>>
>> I think the current and possibly future situation is: If your graphics

>> chipset is supported by SNAP then great if not give the Panorama 
>> driver available from the Betazone (Subscription Only Section) a go.
>>
>>
>> Some comment/confirmation from those in charge at eCS would be of 
>> interest though.
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Pete
> Strange!  I tried both, less than a couple of minutes before writing the 
> question.  Both timed out.  Of course, now they are back.
> 
> No word, though, on any sale of the SNAP technology????
> Carl

The fact is, as I mentioned in another post some time ago, that if they 
do not continue to develop new drivers within SNAP before they sell it, 
SNAP is losing value everyday. Development of new drivers has been 
stopped for a few months now, so the sale price of SNAP is mostly that 
of the unified core. I do not know how much such technology could be 
worth, but maybe SSI and Mensys could purchase it and give the sources 
to the Panorama developers so that everything is unified and eCS users 
do not get lost between many driver types (such as original 
manufacturer's drivers - old Matrox cards - , simple GRADD, SDD/SNAP, 
now Panorama).

This is  information that I got from Scietech

We are no longer actively developing and supporting this product. We 
are 
in fact in the final stages of selling the technology to Alt Software,

Inc., but I am not sure what their plans will be with respect to the 
OS/2 product.

Since we cannot in good faith sell you copies of SNAP Graphics for 
OS/2, 
I am sending you a free registration code you can use for your 
purposes. 
You may use this code on as many machines as you like, and it is 
unlikely there will be a another OS/2 product release unless Alt 
Software can be convinced to support OS/2.