23 Jan
2007
23 Jan
'07
3:03 a.m.
Scott Quinn wrote:
I believe the poster was saying GP2... but by description sounded like
the GT
(Graphics Tower). It consisted of a revamped VX/MVX VME board set
with a 'host' connector that via cable ran to an sbus card. The system
controlled
the board set through that.
As I understand it... as a 'primary' graphics adapter it was a dog. But
for
accelerated operations using supported applications/libraries it was
much better
(I can only repeat what I've heard, as while I've 'laid hands' on a GT
(powered
off while I worked for SunService)), I've never seen one in operation or
outside
of Sun.
I do have a VX/MVX board set that I hope to play with someday.... but not a
GT.
Richard said:
The stuff I'm remembering is from the
1990-1995 period, so it would be
"apopros" vis-a-vis the 10 year rule, which isn't a rule, really more
a rule of thumb or a guideline, well not really a guideline, more like
a hint, well not really a hint, but whatever Jay says it is...
The "really off-topic" stuff I'm talking about are the current cards-
those Suns are outside of my budget. Creator was mid to late '90s and
was the first Sun 24-bit midrange option (I don't think there were any
8-bit UPA graphics options).
GP2 was, I think (don't have one) a single 9-U VME board that attached
to the CG9 via a private bus on the P2 or P3.
CG13 looks to be unaccelerated based on anecdotal evidence.
Does anyone know if the S24 (SS5 AFX framebuffer) was accelerated?
I don't believe it was... but I could be wrong... I hardly used SS5s,
and never
with an S24... so maybe someone who has can shed some better light on that
subject.
This doesn't cover 3rd party products, either
-- Curt