> I just assumed Frank had something to do with video card development

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22vision+factory+development%22+mariak ;-)

And it seems you missed my comment about the 2D drivers (mind you, pampers talked about 3D drivers).

> his last message to me mentioned working on the R600 cards for the G5
> (in preference to the R400 series)

R600? Do you mean a personal message he sent to you? The latest public message by him regarding graphics driver development that I'm aware of is this:

https://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=7648&forum=3&post_id=80696#80696