Subject: Re: Card recommendations for UP1000 system
To: R. C. Dowdeswell <elric@imrryr.org>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: port-alpha
Date: 06/24/2000 10:05:56
Is it worth adding a note to the webpage that a donation of
a PowerStorm 4D20 would be appreciated? :)
David/absolute
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On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, R. C. Dowdeswell wrote:
>
> On 961786626 seconds since the Beginning of the UNIX epoch
> Robert Stone wrote:
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> > I'm looking at buying a new workstation and was considering the
> >UP1000 based systems. However I'm not an expert on Alpha matters (at work
> >I use SPARC/Solaris) so I'm looking for some recommendations for:
> >
> > . Video cards. (Apart from the DEC ZLXp-E1 TGA card are there any
> > other TGA or VGA compatible ones that are known to work well in
> > the UP1000 ? ).
>
> The 8bit TGA2 should work for you, the product name is, IIRC, the
> PowerStorm 3D30. Also, I think that the ZLXp-E2 works in console
> mode and X support is under development. I will provide support
> for the 32bit TGA2 cards as soon as I can lay my hands on one
> (marketting name (I think): PowerStorm 4D20.)
>
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