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Eyetech signs up for Amiga VooDoo licence from DCE

Eyetech Group Ltd of the UK has become the first company to sublicence the Amiga VooDoo graphics card driver technology from DCE for use in their shortly-to-be-released Predator PCI/AGP expansion bus boards for the A1200 and A4000. Alan Redhouse, Managing Director of Eyetech said "I am delighted that we have been able to come to this arrangement with DCE, and via them with VFD to bring the unrestricted capability of VFD's VooDoo drivers to our Predator range of Amiga PCI/AGP/G3/G4 expansion boards. Moreover by sharing the cost of the core routines with DCE - and possibly other manufacturers still to be named - we have come significantly below the allocated budget for the Predators graphics drivers thus enabling us to give even better value to purchasers of the Predator products."

This new announcement follows on from last weeks news that DCE Computer Service of Oberhausen, Germany has entered into a master contract with VFD for the continued development and distribution of Cybergraphics VooDoo graphics card drivers for the Amiga.

Frank Mariak, Managing Director of VFD, commented: "We have always had a close working relationship with DCE, writing and maintaining the drivers shipped with their (formerly Phase 5's) CyberVision 64-3D, CyberVisionPPC and BVision graphics cards. Last weeks agreement - although widely misunderstood on the mailing lists - was to ensure that the extensive development work necessary to provide Voodoo graphics card drivers for DCE's G-Rex board was properly funded. It was never envisaged that this family of drivers would be be restricted to just the G-Rex product line, and this new agreement with Eyetech for porting them to the Predator family is proof of that strategy."

Thomas Dellert of DCE added "We have had a long standing business relationship with Eyetech, and although we compete with them on certain of our products - including certain models of their Predator and our G-Rex expansion boards - I am pleased that we have been able to strike a deal with the VooDoo driver software which will be beneficial to both G-Rex and Predator customers. Of course the work involved needs to be paid for - and hence licences must be bought, not given away. However the G-Rex and Predator busboards are by no means the only ones for which the VooDoo driver technology is relevant, and we are willing to discuss licencing terms with any other manufacturers who might be interested."

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For further information contact:
Alan M Redhouse
Managing Director
Eyetech Group Ltd
The Old Bank
12 West Green
Stokesley, North Yorkshire
TS9 5BB UK
Phone: +44 164 271 3185
Fax: +44 164 271 3634
Email: sales@eyetech.co.uk