Subject: Re: Apple 8*24 video card
To: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
From: E. Seth Miller <esmiller@engin.umich.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 01/14/1998 11:04:50
The 8*24 does not have an accelerator. (It's basically the same as the
4*8, which I believe DOES work; I'm using one.) The 8*24 GC (Graphics
Coprocessor) has an accelerator. I don't know any real reason why the
8*24 shouldn't work, but then, I'm not exactly a NetBSD expert. Best of
luck.
-Seth Miller
On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Bill Studenmund wrote:
> > > Oh, and yes, I have a NUBUS video card (Apple 8*24), it should work with
> > > color in 8 bit mode, right?
> >
> > It "should" work.
>
> Depends. I think the 8*24 video cards had on-board accelerators. If so,
> then chances are slim that it'll work. If it's just a video frame buffer,
> then it should work.
>
> Take care,
>
> Bill
>