11 Aug
2012
11 Aug
'12
1:53 p.m.
Does anyone have one of these boards?
They are derived from research at UNC on Pixel Planes.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decstation#Graphics_3>
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11 Aug
11 Aug
2:45 p.m.
On Sat, 11 Aug 2012, Richard wrote:
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 14:53:46 -0600
From: Richard <legalize at xmission.com>
Reply-To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: PXG/PXG+/PXG Turbo/PXG Turbo+ boards for DECstation 5000
Does anyone have one of these boards?
They are derived from research at UNC on Pixel Planes.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decstation#Graphics_3>
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Pretty sure I have some but will have to dig to check.
BTW a personal DS 5000-33 we use as a DNS/DHCP server died in the last power
outage we had, thats something like 20 years of use (first with its original
owner: UCB and then with us) Had to swap the power supply with another one to
get it back running. Should I complain about lously electrolytics?
Peter Wallace
4:43 p.m.
In article <Pine.NEB.4.64.1208111439470.24933 at freeby.mesanet.com>,
"Peter C. Wallace" <pcw at mesanet.com> writes:
Pretty sure I have some but will have to dig to check.
I would love to see some pictures of it!
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8:39 a.m.
In article <20120812105727.2a3ad798.jkunz at unixag-kl.fh-kl.de>,
Jochen Kunz <jkunz at unixag-kl.fh-kl.de> writes:
On Sat, 11 Aug 2012 14:53:46 -0600
Richard <legalize at xmission.com> wrote:
I'd like to see some high resolution close-up pictures if possible!
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Does anyone have one of these boards?
Yes,
at least one PXG+ and IIRC a PXG that's the RAM modules missing. 
5:54 p.m.
I have stacks of them. Picked 'em up when a local DEC shop was closing up,
and, while I was a day late for the liquidation auction, I gave the cleanup
guys a few pizzas and they let me take anything I wanted. Scored a whole
bunch of these things, along with all kinds of cards out of various minis
(including, i think, the complete logic boards for a 7000)
I'll see if I can dig them up and snap some pics.
On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 4:53 PM, Richard <legalize at xmission.com> wrote:
Does anyone have one of these boards?
They are derived from research at UNC on Pixel Planes.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decstation#Graphics_3>
--
"The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" free book <
http://tinyurl.com/d3d-pipeline>
The Computer Graphics Museum <http://computergraphicsmuseum.org>
The Terminals Wiki <http://terminals.classiccmp.org>
Legalize Adulthood! (my blog) <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com>
6:55 p.m.
In article <CAHG8iGX9gobyNW+uTAi1ZQkDkbWd7ZDp4LRGyumPDRbtVxGKBA at mail.gmail.com>,
Jason McBrien <jbmcb1 at gmail.com> writes:
I have stacks of them.
Stacks of the boards or whole systems? I'd like to get a system or
two, but I get the impression that even with the systems I can get,
the graphics boards weren't so common.
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8:22 p.m.
On 08/11/2012 04:53 PM, Richard wrote:
Does anyone have one of these boards?
They are derived from research at UNC on Pixel Planes.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decstation#Graphics_3>
I'm fairly certain that I have at least one of each of the variants
here. If I can find them, you should be able to talk me out of them
pretty easily. I love DECstations, but I'm only really interested in
them for fairly simple general-use graphics, so you'd be able to make
better use of them than I.
At the very least I'll get the high-res images you want. I'll dig for
them tomorrow.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
15 Aug
15 Aug
1:21 p.m.
On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 11:22 PM, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
On 08/11/2012 04:53 PM, Richard wrote:
If anyone here has spare texture memory for the PXG Turbo, I have one
for my DECstation 5000/240 that has zero RAM. Needless to say, it
doesn't work, and I'm relegated to my PMAGB-B.
I'm still looking for a 5000/260 CPU and some more memory for the
DECstation, if anyone has that, either.
Thanks!
- Alex
Does anyone have one of these boards?
They are derived from research at UNC on Pixel Planes.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decstation#Graphics_3>
I'm fairly certain that I have at least one of each of the variants
here. If I can find them, you should be able to talk me out of them
pretty easily. I love DECstations, but I'm only really interested in
them for fairly simple general-use graphics, so you'd be able to make
better use of them than I.
At the very least I'll get the high-res images you want. I'll dig for
them tomorrow.
16 Aug
16 Aug
2:35 p.m.
On 08/11/2012 04:53 PM, Richard wrote:
Does anyone have one of these boards?
They are derived from research at UNC on Pixel Planes.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decstation#Graphics_3>
I finally found mine last night, and took some pics:
http://www.neurotica.com/misc/PMAG-D-PXG-1.jpg
http://www.neurotica.com/misc/PMAG-D-PXG-2.jpg
http://www.neurotica.com/misc/PMAG-D-PXG-3.jpg
If you need any other info from them, or additional pics, let me know.
(Would someone please forward this to Richard? I'm guessing that he
has my mail filtered.)
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
17 Aug
17 Aug
10:44 a.m.
On Thu, 16 Aug 2012 17:35:17 -0400
Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
I finally found mine last night, and took some
pics:
I dug out my PMAG-C / PX...
Sorry for the poor quality. All I have is the camera of my smartphone.
http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/tmp/PX_1.jpg
http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/tmp/PX_2.jpg
http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/tmp/PX_3.jpg
http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/tmp/PX_4.jpg
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11:36 a.m.
Thanks!
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