18 Dec
2001
18 Dec
'01
4:53 p.m.
On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, Dan Wright wrote:
The only double- and triple-board MCA adapters I know AIX ever directly
supported were the "Sabine" 24-plane cards. They were reputedly, in
software and hardware design, a horrible kludge. IBM dropped support
like a hot rock with v4.
I'm pretty sure they weren't made or designed by SGI. I do know I've
been into several 7012-series RS6ks that had PS/2 graphics boards in
them. No way they ever worked; somebody had tried them & never bothered
to pull 'em when it didn't work.
I have at least one Sabine adapter around anybody's welcome to. If
you're running pre-v4 AIX, it might be cool. Also a grayscale (1-1) MCA
adapter. Also several GXT150 boards for the 7011-250 pizza boxes. Also
cable info for the GXT150 & GXT500 adapters.
Doc
Nice board.
Wish I could do something with it (Like get an rs/6000 and
software to drive it!) :)
hmmm...I'd only need the latter :) anyone have any idea where I could find
it? might the drivers come with AIX 4.3.2? I sort of doubt it, but you never
know...